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Big Picture
How much changed for African Americans between 1865 and 1950?
To what extent was Jim Crow still a part of their experience?
What sorts of events had triggered the most significant changes for African Americans?
Did these changes suggest that further progress was imminent?
In what ways was the political climate ripe for reform at the end of World War II?
Why was America poised and forced to confront racial injustice?
What combination of factors converged to expand and focus the civil rights movement of the 1950s?
What role did each of the following play in this process? What lesson did each teach civil rights activists?
World War II
The Cold War
Emmet Till
The Court's ruling in
Brown v. Board of Education
The Montgomery bus boycott
The Birmingham marches