role of presidents kennedy or johnson

• What was Thurgood Marshall's role before becoming a Supreme Court Justice?

  Part of the NAACP during Brown v. Board
• How did John F. Kennedy's actions differ from Lyndon B. Johnson's regarding civil rights?

  Kennedy proposed laws but was assassinated
• Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court?

  Thurgood Marshall
• What did Lyndon B. Johnson do to support civil rights during his presidency?

  He passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Who is seen as getting the ball rolling for civil rights?

  John F. Kennedy
• What significant appointments did JFK make regarding civil rights?

  Appointed black people to high-level jobs
• Who was Thurgood Marshall?

  An important leader of the NAACP
• What did JFK use to support civil rights during his presidency?

  Instantaneous executive orders
• What did LBJ do after JFK's assassination?

  Continued civil rights efforts
• What was one of LBJ's significant appointments?

  Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court
• What did LBJ pressure southern politicians to support?

  The Civil Rights Act
• kennedy

  • appointed the first black cabinet member robert weaver
  • used executive orders to intervene e.g meredith
• johnson

  • passed 1964 civil rights acts and 1965 voting rights act
  • executive orders to intervene e.g selma
  • pressed southern politicians to support civil rights laws when he was from south