1950's civil rights Flashcards
what was the Brown v Topeka case?
- 1954
- ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional
what was Little Rock?
- 1957
- 9 black students enrolled in white school by NAACP
- state government sent troops to stop it, Ike sent troops to overrule state government
Who was Ruby Bridges?
- one of 4 black 6 years olds sent to white school
- greeted by mob every morning (famous image depicted this)
- all but one teacher refused to educate her
what happened in the Boston busing crisis?
- government forced integration by busing blacks from the city to suburban white schools
- police had to escort buses due to mobs
- 17 year old stabbed in mob which caused riots against the black teens
by what year did white only schools still exist in the south?
1962
By 1968, how many black kids were in non white public schools?
30%
what did desegregation of schools lead to?
more desegregation like the 1964 civil rights act
Why were blacks and white still in different schools?
they lived in different areas - most blacks lived in the city as they couldn’t afford to live in the suburbs where the white schools were
when was the Montgomery bus boycott?
1955-56
when did rosa parks get removed from the bus?
December 1955
what happened in the bus boycott?
- after rosa parks was removed from the bus, 50k black people opted to walk to work instead of getting the bus
- lasted 381 days
what were the positives of the bus boycott?
- led to Martin king to leader of the movement (encouraged peaceful change)
- one of the first major civil rights wins
what was the negatives of the bus boycott?
- local campaign that took a lot of time with minimal change
- brown v board 1954 was first real NAACP win
which act needed bus segregation?
1956 Browder v Gayle
