3- Civil Rights 1939-62 Flashcards
What units did black Americans serve in in ww2
Segregated
By 1945, how many black Americans were in the us army?
750,000
Who could black nurses treat?
Only black soldiers.
How many black pilots by 1945
600
What was the double V campaign
Started at home to gain improved civil rights as well as victory in war.
What did Roosevelt’s executive order do
Stopped discrimination in industrial and gov jobs
How many black Americans in gov jobs by the end of the war
200,000
What was the Brown Vs Board of Topeka Supreme Court case and when was it
1954, Argued that education achievement was restricted by the separate but equal laws.
It was ruled that segregation in education was unconstitutional.
Despite the BvB ruling, how many black children still educated under Separate but equal in 1957?
2.4 million
What happened at little rock high school in 1957
State governor, faubus, ordered national guardsmen to block the entry of 9 students into the school.
What did the media coverage of Little Rock do
Embarrassed the USA, forced president Eisenhower to send 1000 federal troops into the school.
What did faubus do in response to Eisenhower sending in troops
Closed all Arkansas schools to prevent integration until 1959
In 1962, what did JFK do for James Meredith to attend a university
JFK sent 320 federal marshals to escort him into the university. After riots he sent a further 2000
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott and when was it? What happened to king?
Dec 1955- dec 1956, a boycott of the busses in Montgomery in retaliation to the policy of racial segregation on them. King was arrested after and his home was firebombed
When did the Supreme Court rule segregation unconstitutional
Dec 1956
