Civil Rights Flashcards
What was the brown vs the board about?
when was it?
1954 Oliver Brown could not send his daughter to the whites only school 5 blocks away from where they lived she instead had to cross rail road tracks to get to the all black school.
What is de facto segregation?
people are segregated into separate areas by fact rather than by law or policy
What was the Montgomery bus boycott?
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man 1954
NAACP organised a boycott of ll buses in Montgomery which lasted for a year 50,000 black people took part.
Significance of the boycott?
Demonstrated power of activism
only Montgomery’s bus that were boycotted
What was little rock 9?
9 Black students attempted to go Central High school in 1957 and Arkansas governor Faubus ordered the National Guard to keep students out.
How did Eisenhower respond to little rock 9?
ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock.
took 3 weeks
What happened to Emmett Till?
Murdered for allegedly flirting with a woman.
When and what was the first civil rights bill?
1957
Protected Black voting rights
When and what was the second civil rights bill?
1960
Made the obstruction of court ordered school desegregation a federal crime and established penalties for obstructing the black vote.
What was the Greensboro sit in?
4 black students in Greensboro refused to leave the all white Woolworths cafeteria when asked other students did this day after day resulting in closure of the cafe.
1960
Around how many students participated in sit ins?
70,000
What was the impact of the Greensboro sit ins?
Woolworths desgregated all lunch counters by end of 1961 and 150 cities began to desegregate public places.
