1 Opposition to the civil rights movement Flashcards
1
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summary
summary
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- opposers used violent tactics to intimidated and subvert legal rulings
- angry white southerners bombed 4 african american churches as well as MLK and E.D. Nixon’s homes in response to the montgomery bus boycott.
- supreme court rulings and successful civil rights activists activities meant progress, but attacks showed lots of progress was still needed
2
Q
counter tactics
kkk
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formed in 1866 in response to the southern defeat in the civil war
- 1915 it had millions of members across the country
- bombed MLKs house and Birmingham church as a result of the Birmingham campaign.
- beat up, shot, and killed African Americans
- burned churches
3
Q
counter tactics
white citizens councils
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- members pillars of the white community
- racist propaganda
- sponsored white schools
- threatened civil rights activists - eg. 53 black americans signed an NAACP petition asking for school intergration. They all lost their jobs, 2 left town, and 51 removed their names after threats from white citizens councils.
4
Q
counter tactics
other counter tactics
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- acts of terror
- cort actions
- used governors and politicans
5
Q
Martin Luther King
background
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- born into a prosperous family in Atlanta
- poor quality education in segregated schoo;s
- suffered racial prejudice at college in Boston
- grandfather + father pastors of a Baptist church and NAACP activists
6
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Martin Luther King
campaigning + achievements
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- kings Birmingham campaign led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, ending legal segregation in the south
- Selma Campaign in 1965 led to the passage of the voting rights act which gave black americans the vote in the south
- the SCLC became very important to the CRM
- 1954 Pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist church in montgomery
- 1956 gained national attention during the montgomery bus boycott
7
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Martin Luther King
death :(
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assassinated by a white racist in 1969 who recieved a 99 year prison sentence.
