Civil rights protests: the later southern campaigns,1963-1965 Flashcards
When was the Birmingham campaign?
1963
when was the march on washington?
28th August 1963
When was the Mississippi Freedom summer?
1964
What was the percentage of adult black citizens who were registered to vote in Mississippi in 1962?
6.2%
What was the resistance to the Mississippi freedom summer?
The local KKK and police put up tremendous resistance to the campaign. The homes of 30 black people and 37 black churches were firebombed. There were 80 beatings, 35 shootings and thousands of arrests. In June the KKk abducted and killed three civil rights workers and the jury refused to convict these crimes.
How many people tried to register to vote compared to how many managed to register to vote in the Mississippi freedom summer?
17000 black people tried to register to vote. However with so much resistance only 1600 succeeded.
When was the Selma Campaign?
1965
How many black adults were registered to vote in Selma?
1% of black adults were registered to vote.
How many people were there marching by the time the march got to Montgomery (selma march)
By the time they arrived in Montgomery there were 25000 people marching.
