( C3 ) Civil Rights Groups and the Sit-ins

Question 1

who organised the boycott of shops with segregated lunch counters

Answer 1

NAACP
CORE
SCLC

Question 2

What did CORE and SCLC also do for the cause and what did this ensure

Answer 2

they trained the students in the art of becoming effective protestors. this ensured that the students were always visible for their safety and so that the media could see what was happening. it also trained them to cope with aggressive harassment they’d face and not to respond

Question 3

who brought MLK to Greensboro to talk to the students

Answer 3

Ella Baker, who had worked for both the NAACP and SCLC, to maintain confidence and instils reassurance

Question 4

what else did Ella baker do other than bring MLK to Greensboro

Answer 4

she also set up meeting of students from Shaw university in Raleigh on 15th April 1960.

Question 5

what did King want the students to do but what did Ella Baker want the students to do and what was the turnout

Answer 5

King wanted the students to join the SCLC however Ella baker wanted the students to set up their own Civil Rights group

Question 6

what did the students name their newly founded civil rights group

Answer 6

they named their group SNCC