Advancement to Black Civil Rights Movement Post-1941 Flashcards
By how much did Chicago’s black population increase from 1940 to 1950?
250,000 to 500,000
What was the name and age of the boy who was violently murdered by white Southerners for catcalling a white lady, and what city did he hail from?
Emmett Till
14 years old
Chicago
The _____ used Till’s death to push the nation to campaign against racial injustice.
NAACP
In which event did the military have to intervene and to what extent?
Little Rock 9, 1957
10,000 soldiers were sent to aid the nine black students in getting past the angry mob and accessing the school.
Which group’s membership increased notably during WWII and to what extent?
The NAACP’s membership went from 50,000 to 450,000.
Make a question of which the answer will be:
A Philip Randolph.
Possible questions:
Who founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Who persuaded President Roosevelt to desegregate the armed forces in 1941?
Describe the Brown Vs Topeka case of 1954.
The NAACP aided a black man in challenging the segregation of schools so his daughter could go to a much closer all white school. The Supreme Court eventually decreed that such segregation was unconstitutional and outlawed it.
When and how was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded?
In 1942, the Double V campaign created the organisation after the enormous support from the millions of black soldiers fighting in the Second World War.
True or False: The SCLC focused on organising short, one-off events which were easy to create and gain publicity from.
True
What were the effects had on black civil rights by people like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael, and what else did they achieve?
None, absolutely none at all.
They created a sense of unity between blacks and black pride.
Who claimed that “if King had never lived, the black struggle would have followed a course of development similar to the one it did”?
Clayborne Carson
What, where, and when was MLK’s most prominent protest which persuaded the President to send the Civil Rights Bill to Congress?
The one in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963, where police dogs and fire hoses were used on the peaceful protesters and over 9,000 were arrested (including MLK).
