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the Jim crow law had a lot affect of the City of Dallas, TX. One way is the seperation of public facility from the whites, adding the use but seperatiion of water fountains, bathrooms, and more. -
correct that this has not much about Dallas but, before Texas was a big Slave State and when Texas people fought, they lost, making them give up, most of the peoples slaves.
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In the 20th industry, Oil had many affect on Dallas makin the Bussiness industry boom.
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The organization of the National Assosiation of the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) started to fight for black rights. -
Echoing the focus of Du Bois' Niagara Movement for civil rights, which began in 1905, NAACP aimed to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, provide equal protection of the law, and the right for all men to vote, respectively Source: https://naacp.org/about/our-history#:~:text=The%20NAACP%20works%20to%20remove,of%20the%20American%20Bar%20Association.
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In the 1940s sand 1950s many african Americans started to travel to Dallas making a home for themselves.
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At the end of World war 2, many people got to return to their families, including the group called the Tusegee Airmen. This group was a group of African American soldiers that fought in WW2 by piloting their planes and defending cargo from any enemies.
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During World War 2, African Americans would move to Dallas to find a job in home defence but many were met with hate and no payment or housing.
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Althoagh The Brown V. Board started aroun 1954, Dallas didn't start desegreting schools until the 60s. As you can see, the graph is a line chart by PBS showing the pecentage of African American students joining white schools. -
many african americans traveled around america to protest to have their rights and to get ris of segregation. These people had a name showing how fearless they were, their name was The fearless Freedom Riders -
It went
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. Source: https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety -
Martin Luther King was an African American Preacher who set out to make peace with the whites, many protest was held althrough America, forcing some americans to accept them. Martin Luther King gave a Speech, he gave speech about different possibilities, he gave a speech about his "Dream". -
President John F. Kennedy was in the downtown of Dallas when he was assassinated. John F. Kennedy was a supporter of Civil Rights and he was one of the biggest since he was President.