HIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Emmett Till, White Flight, Montgomery Bus Boycott
Document Summary
7 million white people moved to suburbs. Changing definition of freedom: home and family. Timeline: 1938- house un-american activities committee, 1945- china falls to communism, 1947- truman"s loyalty programs (e. o. 9835: 1947- the hollywood ten, 1948-1950- violations of civil rights common, 1950-55- joseph mccarthy (mccarthyism) Anti- communism programs: truman"s loyalty programs (march 1947) (e. o. House un-american activities committee (huac) (1938: 1947- concentrated on hollywood movie industry, 1975- officially disbanded. The hollywood ten: huac, screenwriters, directors, and producers. Background: senator from wisconsin, young and unknown, needed an issue to gain re election. Mccarthyism: february 9, 1950, wheeling, wv, list of 200+ communists, targets the military- too far. Accuses a general of being a communist and bad for the country. Timeline: 1954- brown v. board of education. Overturns plessy v. ferguson: 1955- emmett till, 1955- montgomery bus boycott. Rosa parks: 1957- desegregation at little rock.
