Talking about Freedom

Barry Goldwater: Vocal about desegregation and supported Civil Rights Bills. Shirley Chisholm: First African American woman to be on congress and the first African American to fun for presidency. Anita Bryant: Anti--gay activist and the leader of the "Save our Children" campaign that held conservative christian views. Robert Kennedy: Killed after running/winning California primary, predicted that there would be an African American president, and wanted to incorporate more African American's into the workforce. George Wallace: Governor in the 1960's through the 1980's that supported segregation and the support of the KKK. Famous quote: ""Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever".

Knowing that the court had made a terrible mistake, Judge Harlin wrote his dissent. By writing this dissent Judge Harlin wanted to make it very clear that he did not agree with the decision that the court had come up with. He used the fourteenth amendment to say "there shall be no discrimination against them by law due to the color of their skin." "Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." Without a doubt in my mind do I believe that Harlin was ridiculed for this. In the time 1896, racial segregation was thriving. Now that the idea of separate but equal was legal in the eyes of the court, something had to be done. Limiting one race to lower means of survival was something that did not sit right with Harlin and a feeling he wanted to change.

i In the video Klansville USA,  the origins, the rise, and the fall of the KKK, and how it came to exist in North Carolina are explored through the events of this time period. Having been dormant for decades, the Ku Klux Klan reemerged in the U.S. after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, gaining momentum in the U.S. as the Civil Rights Movement grew. Bob Jones became NC's first Grand Dragon and launched a huge recruitment campaign. George Dorset became minister for the NC Klan. Jones and George combined were unstoppable at first. One thing about this video that I found very intriguing was that poor white people found themselves in a weird situation; black people were progressing and poor whites were not being paid any attention to; they were looked down upon by wealthy whites.