Segregation Ends Within Troops.

Even though the main civil rights movements didn't start until the 1960's many things occurred; however, there was much progression in the 1950's as well. To start off in the 1950's the Korean war was in progress and much attention was directed towards that. President Truman took a major step in minimizing segregation towards African-Americans when he ended the segregation of the troops. Two years prior to the war President Truman issued the EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 on July 26, 1948. This policy was historic because it called for "equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or natural origin." This policy did not eliminate all black-fighting units in the Korean war but it led the way to having integrated military units. Johns Hopkins University helped speed the end to separate units in the military when its Operations Research Office released its "PROJECT CLEAR" study which concluded "that racially segregated units limited overall ARMY effectiveness while integration enhanced effectiveness, and that a quota on Black participation was unnecessary." The Korean war was a turning point for the acceptance in African-American soldiers. This led to the elimination of at least 300 black units and over 300,000 African-Americans were integrated in all white units.

Sit Down To Stand Up.

Rosa Parks was and African American women who lived in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1, 1955 Parks made history.

Rosa Parks was 42 years old, and was riding the Cleveland Avenue bus home as usual at around 6 p.m. after a long day of work as a seamstress. In this time period of the 50's, blacks were supposed to sit in the back of the bus so the whites could sit in the front. Also, if you had a seat and a white person came on, then you had to stand and get out from your seat for them. On this day of December 1, Rosa refused to give up her seat which she had already paid the fare and was already sitting in the first row of back seats. She and three other blacks were told to get up out of their seat and move for white people but Parks was tired and did not get up. When she refused, Parks was then arrested, the police man asked the driver if he wanted to let her go with a warning, and the bus driver replied and said to give her a warrant for arrest. Parks was fined for $14. This act parks, paved the way to the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Introduction to our Project.

 Hi, our names are Tylar-Rae, Laura, and Daniel. We our doing a GLIDES project on racism in the 1950's. Most people don't know what a GLIDES project is. A GLIDES project is a project that is all done on computer. On our GLIDES project we are required to create a wiki page, a blog, a PowerPoint, and a delicious page. We can also include voice threads, Power Points, and add music or videos to our blogs or Power Points.