CHAPTER 21, SECTION 1

Demands for Civil Rights

JACKIE ROBINSON Challenging the Rule: Separate Leagues

Dodgers- 1947

MVP- 1949

ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW “nor shall any State deprive any person

of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Has America been living up to its creed?

EARLY 20TH CENTURY Migration 1910-1940

New Deal

World War II

NAACP

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) Background Thurgood Marshall Case decision Unanimous decision- Warren Court

REACTIONS TO BROWN Different groups Deep South

KKK States’ rights

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT From the courts to the streets Rosa Parks Bus Boycott- WPC Martin Luther King Jr.

RESISTANCE IN LITTLE ROCK Integration National Guard Eisenhower’s reaction

OTHER VOICES OF PROTEST Mexican Americans

Native Americans