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congressional elections
Republicans took control of congress -
Civil Rights comitee
appointed by Eisenhower in 1946. commitee reported the need for a permanant comittee (FEPC) and denial of federalaide to anyone condoning segregation -
state of the union address
Harry Truman delivered the idea of a "fair deal" -
Minimum wage
Eisenhower passed a bill raising min. wage to $0.75 an hour -
liturature
starting of the "self-criticism" or "beatnik" generaation of writing -
bus boycott
in Baton Rouge, Louisianna, black church leaders protested by a week long bus boycott. they succeeded in modifying the segregated seating law -
midterm elections
Democrats won -
Brown v. BOE
ruled that separate schooling was not fair and unconstitutional. called for a desegregation of all public schools -
"deliberate speed"
Supreme court ruled that the speed of schools should be set by the lower federal courts -
Rosa Parks
in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks protested segregation by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. she was arrested -
mall
the first enclosed air conditioned mall was opened in Minneapolis -
highway Act of 1956
established a four lane highway system. estimated $25 billion expense funded by taxes on gasoline, new cars, and tires -
Montgomery bus boycott
led by Martin Luther King Jr. the year long boycott led to a supreme court ruling that segregated bus seatign was unconstitutional -
Election 1956
Dwight Eisenhower won for the Republican Party. -
establishment of SCLC
established by MLK, traveled to 3rd world countries to spread the civil rights movement -
Prayer pilgrimage
led by MLK, held on the third anniversary of the Brown v. BOE court ruling in washington. attracted a crowd og 30,000 -
Litte Rock Central High
nine balck students attended little rock's Central high school but when the governor ordered the national guard to block their entrance the president interviened by sending paratroopers to the area to secure the students' safety -
Quiz show disaster
quiz show craze ended when Charles Van Doren admited to giving away answers in exchange for money -
Dine-in
four black college students from north carolina sat don at a "whites only" lunch counter and refused to move after being denied service -
SNCC
dine-in protest led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating COmmitee
