AP U.S. History / Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

8.6 Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)

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Notes

Truman desegregated the military (1948). Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ended legal school segregation. The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.). The Little Rock Nine (1957) needed federal troops.

Practice

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began after:

Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock to:

Truman desegregated the:

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