How accurate is it to say that in the years 1917-
1955 there was limited improvement in the lives
of black Americans?
For
Brown v board of education
o 17th May 1954
o Racial segregation ruled unconstitutional by the supreme
court.
However, no date or time limit was set for this to take
place and it was left to the individual states to decide on
when schools were to be integrated.
McLaurin v Oklahoma
o Allowed him to enter the university of Oklahoma.
o Was allowed to be segregated from the other white students.
Jim crow laws
o From post-civil war to 1968 despite 14th amendment legalised
segregation
o Denied African Americans the right to vote, hold jobs, get and
education, and other opportunities.
o Defiance led to arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence, and
death.
Plessy v Ferguson
o 1896 and continued to be used into the 1900’s.
o Created the separate but equal idea.
o Legalised segregation for everything
Against:
NAACP
o Challenged segregation through court.
o Won supreme court cases.
o 1948 shelly v Kramer
Estate agents could not refuse to show and sell housed
to black clients.
National Recovery Administration
o Regulated wages
Set the minimum wage the same for black and white
Americans.
Conclusion:
1955 there was limited improvement in the lives
of black Americans?
For
Brown v board of education
o 17th May 1954
o Racial segregation ruled unconstitutional by the supreme
court.
However, no date or time limit was set for this to take
place and it was left to the individual states to decide on
when schools were to be integrated.
McLaurin v Oklahoma
o Allowed him to enter the university of Oklahoma.
o Was allowed to be segregated from the other white students.
Jim crow laws
o From post-civil war to 1968 despite 14th amendment legalised
segregation
o Denied African Americans the right to vote, hold jobs, get and
education, and other opportunities.
o Defiance led to arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence, and
death.
Plessy v Ferguson
o 1896 and continued to be used into the 1900’s.
o Created the separate but equal idea.
o Legalised segregation for everything
Against:
NAACP
o Challenged segregation through court.
o Won supreme court cases.
o 1948 shelly v Kramer
Estate agents could not refuse to show and sell housed
to black clients.
National Recovery Administration
o Regulated wages
Set the minimum wage the same for black and white
Americans.
Conclusion:
