Civil Rights Campaign Flashcards
What was the Brown v Board Case in 1954?
In 1951, Linda Brown took the Board of Education to court as he wanted his daughter to attend a whites only school. Brown lost the case but in May 1954, the Chief Judge declared every education board had to end segregation
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
In 1955, Rosa Parks removed to move from whites section of a bus. African-Americans provided 75% of the bus company’s business and the African-American community supported each other with transport. A year later, the Supreme Court ruled segregated buses were illegal
What was the Little Rock case?
In 1957, nine African-American pupils tried to attend a whites only school but the governor sent soldiers to prevent them from entering. The pupils took the governor to court and won
What did the 1957 Civil Rights Act do?
Gave all African-Americans the vote, however little was done to enforce it
What was the Birmingham Protest?
MLK organised a non-violent protest in one of the most segregated cities in America in 1963. The police, under orders of Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor attacked the protesters. JFK sent in troops and ordered the council to end segregation
What was the Washington DC march?
King gave his iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech in 1963
What was the Selma march?
In 1965, when protesters reached the outskirts of Selma they were brutally attacked by local police which became known as ‘Bloody Sunday’
What were Freedom Rides?
In the early 60’s, African-American and white campaigners travelled next to each other in whites only sections of buses
What were Sit-Ins?
In the early 60’s, African-Americans would sit in whites only sections of restaurants and refuse to leave
What did the government do?
Before his assassination, Kennedy supported a new Civil Rights Act which gave African-Americans equality.
Johnson introduced another Act in 1964 that outlawed racial discrimination and segregation.
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act gave all Americans the right to vote
What were the aims of the Nation of Islam?
Wanted separatism and said that white society was racist and corrupt. Malcolm X left as he became less extreme in his views
Who were the Black Panther Party?
Extreme militant group that rejected King’s non-violent methods. They argued that African-Americans needed to protect themselves from white racists. They had 5,000 members by 1968
