Dates Flashcards
When were Jim Crowe laws implemented?
1876-1965.
When was the KKK founded?
1866.
When did lynching come to an end?
1952.
When were over 40 homes bombed in Atlanta?
1951-2.
When was a bombing of a Baptist church in Birmingham?
1963.
When was Medgar Evers killed?
1963.
When was the murder of 3 civil rights workers?
1964.
When was the separate but equal law ruled?
1896.
When did the supreme court decide that segregation in schools?
17th May 1954.
When did membership of the KKK rise dramatically?
1955.
When was the southern manifesto issued?
March 1956.
When were elementary school sorted by area rather than colour?
January 1956.
When was Rosa Parks arrested for breaking the bus segregation law?
December 1st 1955.
When was King arrested?
January 1956.
How many blacks refused to use the bus service?
17,000.
When was bus segregation made illegal?
20th December 1956.
When did 2 federal judges rule that segregation was unconstitutional?
June 1956.
When was segregation announced illegal in schools?
1954.
When did the Arkansas press try to force desegregation?
1957.
When did the students get into the school?
Monday 23rd September.
When did CORE organise the freedom rides for?
1961.
When did the Freedom rides start?
May 4th 1961.
When did the riders have to fly to New Orleans?
15th May.
When did the riders get arrested and taken 150 miles from Birmingham?
17th May.
When did King talk to the riders?
21st May.
When were 27 riders arrested for going into the white only waiting room?
24th May.
When did the regulation to stop segregation on interstate buses come into effect?
November 1st 1961.
When were blacks facing poverty and unemployment on a higher scale than ever before?
1962.
When were there over 900 demonstrations?
1963.
When was the march on Washington?
August 1963.
When was the race which the protesters competed in?
October 16th 1968.
Which games was Norman not selected for?
1972.
When was the SNCC formed?
April 1960.
When did a bomb explode on King’s porch?
January 30th.
When were the Albany movements?
1961.
When was the children’s crusade?
April 1963.
When was the attack on a Baptist church?
September 15th 1963.
When was JFK assassinated?
22nd November 1963.
When did the civil rights act come into law?
July 2nd 1964.
When did King receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
December 10th 1964.
When was a march from Selma to Montgomery?
7th January 1965.
When was the Voting Act implemented?
1965.
When did riots occur in Watts?
August 1965.
When did King begin his campaign in Chicago?
January 1966.
When were there riots in Northern Cities because of unemployment and poor housing?
1967.
When did King arrive in Memphis?
3rd April 1968.
When was King’s funeral?
8th April 1968.
