Civil Rights Movement 1954-1964 : Protests & Rulings Flashcards
When was brown v board ?
What did it rule ?
What further ruling took place and when ?
1954
Schools should be desegregated
1955 - that desegregation should happen with “ all deliberate speed”
When was Little Rock Arkansas?
What happened ?
1957
Nine students attempted to enrol at Little Rock school , the governor sent national troops to support the segregationists who blocked the entrance to the school. President Eisenhower was forced to send federal troops to help the school.
When was the Montgomery bus boycott ?
How long did the boycott last ?
When did the supreme court rule that racial segregation on buses was unconstitutional?
1955 Rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus.
The boycott lasted until December 1956
In December 1956
When did students start spontaneous sit ins and where ?
1960 in a Woolworth store in South Carolina
When did the protests in Birmingham Alabama start ?
Who was the police commissioner that led the violent counter protests against the black protesters?
1963
Eugene ‘Bull O’ Connor’
What happened to MLK in Birmingham and what were the name of the famous letters he wrote ?
Was arrested and jailed
Wrote “letters from Birmingham jail”
What was one of the tactics used in the Birmingham campaign ?
Young children as young as 6 were used , images appeared in the media of children being blasted with high pressure fire hoses , clubbed by police officers and attacked by police dogs.
When was the Kennedy administration pushed into drafting the civil rights act ?
1964
When was the march on Washington ?
How many attended the march ?
What was the name of the famous speech given by MLK at Washington?
1963
200,000 - 300,000
When was Selma ?
Why was Selma chosen as a place to protest ?
1965
Selma was chosen as half of the population of 29,00 was black but only 23 were registered to vote
What the march from Selma to Montgomery called due to violence ?
Bloody Sunday
When was the voting rights act passed ?
1965
Where and when was the failed protest to do with the ghettos ?
Why was it seen as a failure ?
Chicago 1965
Only 30,000 demonstrators showed up compared to the expected 100,000
When was MLK assinated ?
1968
How many Americans favoured the civil rights act bill in 1964
68%
