The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | Brown Vs. Board of Education Failed to Promote Civil Rights
It is commonly believed that the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregated schools unconstitutional, was a landmark event in the struggle to integrate blacks into the American mainstream. In the following viewpoint, Louis Anthes rejects this assessment. Instead, he argues that the Brown decision was ineffective in the short term and counterproductive in the long term. Despite the decision, Anthes points out, the schools remained segregated well into the 1960s. When segregation did finally occur, he adds, it was the...
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- Introduction
- How Did the Fight for Rights Begin?
- Segregation or Integration?
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What Were the Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Federal Legislation Will Strengthen Civil Rights
- Federal Civil Rights Legislation Is Inadequate
- Blacks Must Employ Nonviolent Resistance
- Nonviolent Resistance Is Not Enough
- Blacks Should Strive for Black Power
- Black Power Is Ineffective
- King’s Protest Campaigns Had a Limited Impact on Civil Rights
- King’s Protest Campaigns Bolstered Civil Rights
- Who Played the Most Important Role in the Civil Rights Movement?
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