In 1963, the year The Fire Next Time was published, The Birmingham Campaign took place. Originally called Project C, activists within the city joined together to launch "a massive direct action campaign to attack the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year." (http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/) The campaign used peaceful protest measures such as lunch counter sit-ins along with a boycott of downtown merchants to pressure the merchants, which expanded to a "march on the county building to register voters" (SAME AS ABOVE) resulting in hundreds being arrested.
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The 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson "decision set the precedent that 'separate' facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were 'equal.'" (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html) In Homer Plessy's case, the law applied to railroad cars but was swiftly applied to other facilities. A few notable examples are restaurants, restrooms, and public schools. In 1898 Williams vs. Mississippi established a literacy component in order to vote centered on the constitution. It is worth noting the administration of President Woodrow Wilson whose presidency ushered in government segregation beginning with his administration and extending to places such as Haiti. The NAACP had a significant in 1922 with Moore vs. Dempsey where twelve black men faced charges of killing whites during a riot. "During the trial a mob surrounded the court building, shouting that if the accused black men were not sentenced to death, the mob would lynch them." (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_moore.html) As a result of prisoners being tortured and the jury finding the accused guilty, the judge sentenced the men to death. Walter White of the NAACP was able to investigate the matter effectively due to his fair complexion and urged the organization to take up the case.
It wasn't until April 12th, Good Friday, that Martin Luther King Jr. was …show more content…
The 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson "decision set the precedent that 'separate' facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were 'equal.'" (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html) In Homer Plessy's case, the law applied to railroad cars but was swiftly applied to other facilities. A few notable examples are restaurants, restrooms, and public schools. In 1898 Williams vs. Mississippi established a literacy component in order to vote centered on the constitution. It is worth noting the administration of President Woodrow Wilson whose presidency ushered in government segregation beginning with his administration and extending to places such as Haiti. The NAACP had a significant in 1922 with Moore vs. Dempsey where twelve black men faced charges of killing whites during a riot. "During the trial a mob surrounded the court building, shouting that if the accused black men were not sentenced to death, the mob would lynch them." (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_moore.html) As a result of prisoners being tortured and the jury finding the accused guilty, the judge sentenced the men to death. Walter White of the NAACP was able to investigate the matter effectively due to his fair complexion and urged the organization to take up the case.