The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | Segregation Is Necessary
With its momentous 1954 ruling against school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court had seemingly paved the way for civil rights. Indeed, many border states— Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, for example—immediately followed court orders and opened their doors to black students. Farther south, however, Jim Crow remained rampant. Many schools refused to comply, and enforcement of the ruling proved difficult.
James Jackson Kilpatrick, then editor of a Virginia newspaper, was one of the more vocal critics of the Brown case—and...
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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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