Early 1950s

• By the early 1950s, some progress was made:

  • Desegregation of military after WW2
  • Desegregation of juries, so black people could serve in them
  • Increase in number of black people registered to vote
• NAACP:

  • Founded in 1909
  • Aimed to use law to improve civil rights
  • Tried to influence decisions of government to:

  -> help more black people be able to vote by challenging rules that made it hard for them to vote

  -> reduce violence by signing anti-lynching bills
• CORE:

  • Founded in 1942
  • Wanted to use passive resistance to end segregation
• KKK:

  • Members believed in white supremacy - white people were from a superior race
  • Were very powerful as it was difficult for black people to get justice in court
• Plessy v Ferguson:

  • Was in 1896
  • Allowed for "separate but equal" facilities in US