8.6

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

AP United States History

WWII and the seeds of change

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Truman and desegregation

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The NAACP legal strategy

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Massive resistance

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)

Little Rock (1957)

Key events summary

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Vocabulary