POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Little Rock Nine, Ert3, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
10 Jan 2019
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1865 1877, federal government controls the south: legal protections, black participation. 1877 1950, s. whites control states and supr. Goal 1: end public discrimination: overturn separate but equal. Goal 2: end public discrimination: enforce equal protection. Brown v. board of education (1954: legal strategy, reasoning: there is no way you can have segregated school when separated, ruling: segregation at school unconstitutional. Challenges of implementation: little rock nine at central high school: Rosa park and bus boycott: goal: desegregate city bus. Martin luther king jr. birmingham children"s march: goal: desegregate birmingham facilities. Core and sncc and freedom rides: goal: desegregate interstate bus facilities. Civil right act of 1964: outlaws discrimination in public accommodations . Heart of atlanta motel, inc. v. united state (1964) Freedom summer & march from selma to montgomery: goal: increase voter registration, a group of college students went door to door to get people to vote.
