Describe the development of the Civil Rights Movement from the Supreme

Describe the development of the Civil Rights Movement from the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision through Freedom Summer in 1964.

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An ideal answer will:
1. Explain the legal strategy of the NAACP leading up to the Brown decision.
2. Explain the court’s reasoning behind its Brown decision.
3. Describe the continuing massive resistance of white Southern leaders who opposed the Brown decision.
4. Discuss the causes and the results of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955-1956.
5. Describe the development of organizations such as NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and CORE.
6. Describe grassroots actions such as the sit-ins at lunch counters.
7. Discuss the interracial aspects of the Civil Rights Movement, such as the Freedom Riders.
8. Analyze the politicization of the Civil Rights Movement through the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
9. Write a concise and effective conclusion.