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Civil Rights Movement (Relates to To Kill a Mockingbird)
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Plessy v. Ferguson Case
The U.S. Supreme Court
-Legalized the racial segregation
-"Seperate but equal" became a legal doctorine but not true. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Plessy_marker.jpg -
Great Migration began
Most of blacks in the U.S.
-Started moving to north from Southern States.
-Were seeking for human rights and higher wages.
(It's the 1st Great Migration that took place from 1910s to 1930s.) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Percentage_of_African_American_population_living_in_the_American_South.png -
World War I (1914-'18)
Over 100000 black migrants
-Were hired by defense plants and other factories.
-Were paid high salaries.
-The term "New Negro" was introduced. http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lXMTvEqu9mQ/SXtXX-7mLMI/AAAAAAAACRo/saFED1YsCgY/d-Ic42/new%252520negro%252520cover.jpg -
The Great Depression
In the southern states
-Whites and blacks rarely worked together
-Very few blacks were hired by WPA
-Prejudice and segregation became even worse. -
To Kill A Mockingbird
-The duration To Kill a Mockingbird took place.(Summer 1933 - Oct 1935)
-Discrimination was widespread in the South.
-The Great Depression impacted their economy, education, and daily life. http://img05.deviantart.net/6de2/i/2008/334/8/d/to_kill_a_mockinbird_by_eyesiq.jpg -
World War II (1941-'45)
Numerous black people in the U.S.
-Were fleeing segregation and seeking for jobs.
-Were hired to relieve the labor shortage. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/African-americans-wwii-002.jpg -
Brown v. Board of Education Case
As the effects of the lawsuit in the U.S.
-Racial segeration became unconstitutional. (Fisrtly in public schools)
-Legal segregation laws were overturned.
-The legal movements were advanced. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/14th_Amendment_Sign_at_the_Brown_v_Board_of_Education_Historical_Site.jpg
