Ch. 43 – Segregation in the post-World War II Period EQ: How did segregation affect American life in the postwar period?
43.0: Preview (answer in IAN)
43.1: Coach Schroeder reads introduction
44.2-4: Read Textbook – create a chart with timeline/pictures
- Each of these should be used to check your info that you recorded, cut out and placed on a timeline.
Date: 1942
Event: Formation of CORE
Facts:
 Students in Chicago found the Congress of Racial
Equality.
 CORE commits to nonviolent direct action to affect
change.
 CORE protests segregation at a Chicago coffee shop.
Date: 1947 (1945 for minor leagues)
Event: First black baseball player in the major leagues
Facts:
 Jackie Robinson is hired by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
 He faces prejudice from fans, teammates, and
opposing players.
 Other professional sports begin accepting black
players at about the same time.
Date: 1948
Event: Desegregation of the armed forces
Facts:
 President Truman signs Executive Order 9981.
 Executive Order 9981 makes equality of “treatment
and opportunity” regardless of race official policy in
the armed forces.
Date: 1954
Event: Brown v. Board of Education ruling
Facts:
 A class-action lawsuit against desegregated schools
reaches the Supreme Court.
 The NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall, argues that
segregation harms black children.
 The Warren Court rules that segregation