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Republicans took control of congress
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appointed by Eisenhower in 1946. commitee reported the need for a permanant comittee (FEPC) and denial of federalaide to anyone condoning segregation
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Harry Truman delivered the idea of a "fair deal"
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Eisenhower passed a bill raising min. wage to $0.75 an hour
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starting of the "self-criticism" or "beatnik" generaation of writing
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in Baton Rouge, Louisianna, black church leaders protested by a week long bus boycott. they succeeded in modifying the segregated seating law
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Democrats won
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ruled that separate schooling was not fair and unconstitutional. called for a desegregation of all public schools
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Supreme court ruled that the speed of schools should be set by the lower federal courts
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in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks protested segregation by refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. she was arrested
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the first enclosed air conditioned mall was opened in Minneapolis
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established a four lane highway system. estimated $25 billion expense funded by taxes on gasoline, new cars, and tires
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led by Martin Luther King Jr. the year long boycott led to a supreme court ruling that segregated bus seatign was unconstitutional
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Dwight Eisenhower won for the Republican Party.
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established by MLK, traveled to 3rd world countries to spread the civil rights movement
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led by MLK, held on the third anniversary of the Brown v. BOE court ruling in washington. attracted a crowd og 30,000
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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
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quiz show craze ended when Charles Van Doren admited to giving away answers in exchange for money
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four black college students from north carolina sat don at a "whites only" lunch counter and refused to move after being denied service
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dine-in protest led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating COmmitee
