MLK and Civil Disobedience
-fighting for equal rights
-passive resistance
-"hug the person that hits you" "killing with kindness"
Power of the “Mob”
-Montgomery Bus Boycott
-Passive Movement
-381 days not riding the buses before Supreme Court intervened
Plessy v. Ferguson
-"Separate but Equal"
-maternity wards, morgues, drinking fountains, pools, prisons, polls
Civil Rights Goals
-integrate school systems
-desegregate all private and public areas
-equality and civil liberties
-passive resistance
-ending discrimination
Eisenhower’s Role in Little Rock
-sends 1000 soldiers to Little Rock to escort the nine black children into school
-segregation was unconstitutional, and Eisenhower enforced the Law
Rights of the Accused
-6th Amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afford an attorney
-criminal suspects have the right to counsel during interrogations
-Suspects must be informed of their right to consult with counsel before interrogation (Anything you say will be held against you)
Brown v. Board of Education
-Oliver Brown sues Topeka, Kansas School Board on behalf of his daughter
-Thurgood Marshall, attorney of the Browns, integrated school systems
Chavez and the United Farm Workers
-tried to improve working conditions and receive better pay
-helped organize strikes (Delano grape strike)
-participated in fasts
-anti-immigration
FHA and ADA
-outlawed refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, handicap, or origin
-all facilities must be accessible (elevators, ramps, wider doors)
Purpose of Filibusters
-to obstruct certain legislature from passing
-preventing a vote entirely
Sit-Ins and Other Protests
-power of the mob
-passive resistance
-different "waves" of people
-had food dumped on them, got arrested, next wave comes in
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