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GCSE Edexcel History > Civil Rights: Timeline – Civil Rights 1954-75 > Flashcards

Civil Rights: Timeline – Civil Rights 1954-75 Flashcards

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What happened in 1896?

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Plessy v. Ferguson case – made segregation legal

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What happened in 1954?

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Brown case – rules that schools should be desegregated

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What happened in 1955?

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Murder of Emmett Till

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What also happened in 1955?

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Rosa Parks arrested; beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott

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What happened in 1957?

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Little Rock High School crisis

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What also happened in 1957?

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SCLC founded

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What further happened in 1957?

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Civil Rights Act - allowed government to prosecute states which interfered with voting rights

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What happened in 1960?

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Greensboro sit-in

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What also happened in 1960?

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SNCC set up

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What happened in 1961?

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Kennedy becomes President

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What also happened in 1961?

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Freedom Rides

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What happened in 1962?

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James Meredith case

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What happened in 1963?

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Campaign in Birmingham, Alabama

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What also happened in 1963?

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March on Washington; MLK gives his “I have a dream” speech

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What further happened in 1963?

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Kennedy assassinated; Johnson becomes President

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What happened in 1964?

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Freedom Summer

17
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What also happened in 1964?

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Civil Rights Act – banned segregation of public places

18
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What happened in 1965?

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Malcolm X assassinated

19
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What also happened in 1965?

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Campaign in Selma

20
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What further happened in 1965?

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Voting Rights Act – banned discrimination in voting

21
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In addition, what then happene in 1965?

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Riots in Watts, LA

22
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What happened in 1966?

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March Against Fear

23
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What also happened in 1966?

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Black Panthers set up

24
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What further happened in 1966?

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King’s Campaign in Chicago

25
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What happened in 1968?

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Martin Luther King assassinated

26
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What also happened in 1968?

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Kerner Report on riots

27
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What further happened in 1968?

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos give Black Power Salute at Mexico Olympics

28
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What happened in 1969?

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Nixon becomes president

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