HIST+152+Prep

Cold War videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFPwJUqtz7o&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 4 Start of the Korean War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhy7i7JIl4&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 5 MacArthur dismissed and Korean armistice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enHS3oicqKA&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 6 Red Scare and HUAC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNQvdpa0sc4&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 7 Alger Hiss case and the Rosenbergs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRtRhyorsw&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 8 McCarthyism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5o7YzH7kE&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 9 Eisenhower's New Look strategy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsQsXCzkDoc&feature=youtu.be
 * 1) 10 U2 incident

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 * Jim Crow laws (Segregation)**

Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS) [] A Century of Segregation [Let's click through the timeline and open a few of the notes] []


 * Plessy versus Ferguson** (1896) (Supreme Court decision)

Plessy versus Ferguson (Today in History, Library of Congress) [Scroll down to the paragraph entitled "Tour the Library of Congress online collections] []

Separate but equal is ok.


 * 1948**

Post World War II. Returning black veterans unwilling to accept second–class status back home.


 * Racial desegregation of the armed forces** (1948) by executive order of President Truman.


 * 1954**


 * Brown v. Board of Education (Supreme Court decision)**

Overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). "Separate facilities are inherently unequal" and therefore unconstitutional.

Argued by Thurgood Marshall on behalf of the NAACP.

Supreme Court Ends School Segregation (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * 1955**


 * Emmett Till's Murder** (28 August 1955)

Murder in Mississippi of a young black teenager from Chicago for having insulted a white women.

Eyes on the Prize: Emmett Till Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

Who was Emmett Till? (BBC News) []


 * 1955**


 * Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks)**

Rosa Parks arrested on 1 December 1955

Rosa Parks (Today in History, Library of Congress) []

Montgomery Bus Boycott Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) [check out what all is on the page, especially the "related items" on the right side] []

Eyes on the Prize: Montgomery Bus Boycott Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []


 * Martin Luther King, Jr.**

Citizen Martin Luther King (American Experience) []


 * 1956**


 * Southern Manifesto**

Document signed by 100 Southern members of Congress saying they would not obey the Brown versus Board of Education decision. []


 * White Citizens' Councils**

Brought economic power to bear. []

White Citizens' Councils Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []


 * 1957**

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 * Southern Christian Leadership Conference** (SCLC)

Grouping of African-American pastors.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Encyclopedia of Alabama) []


 * Little Rock Central High School**

Little Rock, Arkansas. Central High School desegregated. Arkansas Governor Faubus. Nine black students. President Eisenhower sent 101st Airborne.

Arkansas National Guard Bars “Little Rock Nine” From School (On This Day: Finding Dulcinea) []

50th Anniversary of Little Rock High School [President Bill Clinton, former Governor of Arkansas] []

Eyes on the Prize: Little Rock High School Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []


 * 1959**


 * Non-Violence**

MLK and his wife spent a month in India studying Gandhi's non–violence.

MLK explanation of his philosophy of non-violence []

King's Trip to India Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []


 * 1960**


 * Sit–ins**

Eyes on the Prize: Nonviolent Protests Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

Sit-ins Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []

Greensboro Four: Civil Rights Sit-in []

Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement (Greensboro Sit-in Museum) []


 * Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC--pronounced "snick")**

Established to coordinate sit–ins across the south. []

John Lewis (currently a member of the United States House of Representatives) Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []

Diane Nash []


 * MLK jailed** (October)

During the 1960 presidential election campaign, concern expressed by both JFK and Robert Kennedy for the arrest and prison sentence of Martin Luther King, Jr., earned Kennedy the black vote.


 * 1961**


 * Freedom Rides**

A group of black and white persons set out by bus from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans to test the "whites only" facilities of southern interstate bus terminals.

Freedom Riders (American Experience) [Rides, People, Issues] []

Trace the map of the rides []

Freedom Ride Protests Provoke Violent Backlash Across American South (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []

Eyes on the Prize: Freedom Rides Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

Letter from a Freedom Rider's Father []

Extended Interview with white Freedom Rider Jim Zwerg. []

The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders Denver Post Plog (75 incredible photos) []


 * 1962**


 * University of Mississippi Desegregated**

James Meredith desegregated the University of Mississippi.

James Meredith Graduates From Ole Miss (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * 1963**


 * Project "C" [Confrontation] in Birmingham**

Birmingham, Alabama (called "Bombingham" by civil rights workers, due to so many unsolved bombings).

Eyes on the Prize: Birmingham Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

1. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Written by MLK while in jail. Response to an ad from white pastors telling him that he was stirring up too much trouble.

Letter from Birmingham Jail (Encyclopedia of Alabama) []

Text of letter []

2. Birmingham Children's march. Police dogs and fire hoses. TV coverage shocked America.

Childrens' Crusade Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []

3. Sheriff "Bull" Connor

Bull Connor Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []

4. JFK TV speech.

He was afraid of losing votes of white southern Democrats. He finally spoke out: "Civil rights is a moral issue." []


 * Medgar Evers murdered**

Evers was the Mississippi head of NAACP. []

Medgar Evers Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []


 * March on Washington (28 August 1963)**

Eyes on the Prize: March on Washington Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

Martin Luther King and the race riot that never was []

An overlooked dream, now remembered [How the Washington Post missed the story] []


 * MLK "I Have a Dream Speech"**

One of the great speeches in U.S. history. Delivered as part of the program during a March on Washington (60,000 whites and 190,00 blacks).

Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers “I Have a Dream” Speech (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (13 September 1963)**

Bomb exploded during Sunday School, killing four teenage black girls. The Sunday school lesson for that morning was "A Love that Forgives."

Four Girls Killed in Birmingham Church Bombing (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * John F. Kennedy assassinated**


 * President Lyndon B. Johnson**


 * 1964**


 * Freedom Summer**

Local black leaders aided by white students from elite colleges. Whites saw this activity as "invasion" by outside agitators.

Eyes on the Prize: Freedom Summer Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

One Volunteer's Freedom Summer []


 * Voter registration**

No real power for blacks until they could vote. But risked their lives if they went through with the process.

Alabama Voter Registration form [See if you can fill this out!! I can't.] []


 * Murder in Mississippi (21 June 1964)**

Two white and one black civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi.

Three Civil Rights Workers in Mississippi Go Missing (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * Civil Rights Act (1 July 1964)**

Johnson signs Civil Rights Act (History.com This Day in History | 7/2/1964) []


 * MLK won the Nobel Peace Prize**.**(14 October 1964)**

MLK Wins Nobel Peace Prize 1964 (New York Times) [|http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1014.html#article]


 * 1965**


 * Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march**

"Bloody Sunday".

Eyes on the Prize: Selma to Montgomery Work through each tab: "Introduction"; "Context"; "Press"; "Music"; "Video"; and "Gallery" []

Selma-to-Montgomery March Begins (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * LBJ speech**

Asks Joint Session of Congress for sweeping civil rights legislation. Ends speech with "we shall overcome." His southern friends appalled at his sellout.

Text of LBJ speech (History Matters) []


 * Watts Riots**

Watts Riots 1965 (New York Times) [|http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0811.html#article]


 * 1967**


 * Black power**

Militant black leaders gained prominence in SNCC, questioned Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolence, and forced white members to leave the organization.

Black Power Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []


 * Black Panther Party**

Founded in California. Major figures: Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton, and Bobby Seale. Advocated violent confrontation with whites.

Political platform []


 * 1968**


 * Tet Offensive in Vietnam (February)**


 * Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.** (April: in Memphis)

Assassination of MLK Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute (Stanford University) []

Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">[]


 * Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy** (June: in Los Angeles)

Senator Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []


 * Black Power Salute at Mexico City Olympics**

U.S. Athletes Give Black Power Salute on Olympic Podium (Finding Dulcinea: On This Day) []

50 stunning Olympic moments: Tommie Smith and John Carlos salute (Guardian) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">[]


 * Hispanic School Protests in Los Angeles**

East LA Walkouts []

Sal Castro and the 1968 East LA Walkouts []

Walkout (the full movie) []


 * END HERE FOR QUESTION #4**
 * CIVIL RIGHTS**