Download Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson on Southern Education & Civil Rights (1896-1968) and more Slides Civil Law in PDF only on Docsity! Segregation in the Southern states (1896-1968) Docsity.com Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Can the state of Louisiana mandate separate railroad cars for Blacks and Whites? Docsity.com “Separate but equal . . .” • Schools • Churches • Restaurants • Movies • Hotels • Libraries • Housing • ...you name it Docsity.com The one significant institution under the control of Blacks: Their churches. Docsity.com Central relationship between Whites and Blacks: Dominance (tinged with paternalism) • Blacks restricted to menial jobs • Blacks supervised by whites, never the other way around • Whites control wealth and political institutions • Blacks denied even the right to vote Docsity.com W. E. B. DuBois (1868-1963) • Sociologist • Journalist • Pan-Africanist • Socialist/Communist • Ghanian Docsity.com Docsity.com The Civil Rights Movement
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The Organizations NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference CORE Congress of Racial Equality The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Docsity.com The Objectives • Overthrow the Jim Crow Laws • Integrate Public Facilities • Eliminate Racial Discrimination Generally Docsity.com Why nonviolence? • Ethical view: Pacifism • Violence does not work • Violence is incompatible with the appeal to conscience Docsity.com • Boycotts • Marches and Public Demonstrations • Sit-ins • Freedom Ride • Voter Registration Drives • Law Suits • Speeches, newspaper articles, publicity, publicity, publicity Tactics Docsity.com Were the civil rights demonstrators really breaking the law? Was “civil disobedience” really disobedience to the law? Ronald Dworkin Docsity.com The White Resistance Strom Thurmond Dixiecrat Candidate for President 1948 Docsity.com 1968: The Assassination
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Three features of our current situation that resulted from the policy of massive resistance: • Multiple school systems • The private Christian Academies • Republicans as the conservative party Docsity.com The Present 1968-2003 Docsity.com Median Income (Men), 1960-2000 Whites Afr-Amer Percentage* 2000 29,696 21,662 73% 1990 27,182 16,522 61% 1980 26,519 15,936 60% 1970 27,088 16,069 59% 1960 21,294 11,202 53% *Income of African-American men expressed as a percentage of the income of White men Docsity.com What ideal should we embrace? Two competing ideas: 1. The Color-Blind Society Docsity.com What ideal should we embrace? Two competing ideas: 1. The Color-Blind Society 2. Black Pride and Heritage Docsity.com
