Civil Rights Movement

Since we have just read "Pretty Pennies Picket," in Open Court, Mr. Baatz has asked me to do a blog on the civil rights movement through the 40's.
On January 15, 1941, Phillip Randolph called for a 10,000 person African American march into Washington D.C. Randolph postponed the march on January 28, however, because President Roosevelt issued a law prohibiting racial discrimination when hiring African Americans for jobs. In 1942, the Committe of Racial Equility was formed. SILLY PUTTY IS MADE IN 1943!!!!!! In 1945, on April 12, President Roosevelt died and Vice-President Harry Truman became President. Japan then surrendered on August 14, therefore ending World War II. On June 3, 1946, the Supreme Court ruled that the Virginia law requiring segregated seating on buses is unnessecary. On April 15, 1947, Jackie robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers, therefore becomingh the first African-American to play in the major leagues since the 1880's. On March 22, 1948, Phillip Randolph warned Truman at a White House meeting that he will lead a civil disobedience campaign against the draft unless the armed forces are integrated. Truman wins the election on November 2. In 1949, administration proposed legislation to make lynching a federal crime, abolish poll taxes in national elections, and end segregation in interstate transportation. As you can see, the 1940's was a tough time for all African-Americans throughout the United States. Bibliography: "Timeline 1941-1973." Reporting Civil Rights. 6 Feb. 2009.