Please read Chapter 26 and the U.S. Supreme Cases below.
Then, in a post of at least 400 words, address the following:
• To what extent did the U.S. Supreme Court expand democracy for all Americans in the 1950s?
In addressing the question above, you might consider the following guiding questions:
• Who had access to the economic and housing boom of the 1950s?
• What were the limitations of the Brown decision?
• How did Emmett Till’s death spark the Civil Rights Movement?
How did the actions of individuals and groups affect changes in civil rights in the 1950s?
• How did the 1950s shape a new American identity?
Link to readings and video:
americanyawp.com/text/26-the-affluent-society/
youtube.com/watch?v=Qi-getj3JX8
oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/334us 1
constitutionallawreporter.com/2017/09/08/shelley-v-kraemer-1948/
oyez.org/ca ses/1940-1955/347us483
history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka
oyez. org/ca ses/1940-1955/347us475
guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/hernandez-v-texas
casebriefs.com/blog/law/property/property-law-keyed-to-singer/competing-claims-to-original-acquisition-of-property/tee-hit-ton-indians-v-united-states/
youtube-nocookie. com/embed/HepT9wxkq0? playlist=He6pT9wxkq0&autoplay=1&iv_Joad_policy=38loop=1&start=
brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/good-news-about-democracy-2023