HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Earl Warren, Southern Manifesto
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1954, same year that congress added under god to pledge of allegiance. Chief justice earl warren, same justice who advocated for japanese internment (ca. His first case, part of a left-leaning supreme court. Ruling: segregation in public schools based on race is unconstitutional. Emergence of southern manifesto: the federal govt has no business in dictating how states are run . Brown 2: has time frame for desegregation with all deliberate speed . Specifically talks about public schools, so other public places did not think about desegregation. Civil rights era included activist groups working to desegregate these other places. Do not want federal govt to dictate how schools are run. It was important not to react - activists needed to get the movement moving.
