Dates (CR)

Question 0

Plessy v ferguson

Answer 0

1896 - Separate but equal

Question 1

American constitution drafted

Answer 1

1787

Question 2

WW2

Answer 2

America enters - 1941

Question 3

Truman becomes president

Answer 3

1945

Question 4

To secure these rights

Answer 4

1847
Report examining the experience if racial minorities in America. It highlighted the enormous problems facing African Americans and proposed radical changes.

Question 5

NAACP founded

Answer 5

1909

Question 6

Smith v allwright

Answer 6

1944
Voting rights in Texas
Outlawed all-white primaries throughout America

Question 7

Morgan v Virginia

Answer 7

1946

SC ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal

Question 8

CORE’s journey of reconciliation

Answer 8

1947
Morgan v Virginia was de jure not de facto. 16 CORE activists planned to travel by bus from the northern states to the southern states.

Question 9

Sweatt v painter

Answer 9

1950
Heman Sweatt wanted to go to the University of Texas law school - Texan courts decided to built an all black school instead, NAACP argued that it was inferior to the white school.

Question 10

Brown v board of educated of Topeka

Answer 10

1954
Linda brown had to attend a far away school rather than the close by white school. Ruled that Plessy v ferguson was a contradiction in terms.

Question 11

Brown II

Answer 11

Brown 1 led to de jure but not de facto. NAACP demanded timetable to be put in place. SC ruled that the desegregation of education should occur “ with all deliberate speed”

Question 12

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 12

1955-1956
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white man, was arrested and fined. NAACP mounted legal case and the black people of Montgomery began a campaign of direct action. (Boycott of buses)

Question 13

Browder v gayle

Answer 13

1956

Follow up of the Montgomery bus boycott. Outlawed the segregation of buses

Question 14

Little rock

Answer 14

1957
Attempted to speed up school desegregation - enrolled 9 black students into an all white school. Eisenhower had to intervene to allow the children to enter the school.

Question 15

Cooper v Aaron

Answer 15

1958

As part of little rock. Ruled that it was illegal to prevent desegregation for any reason

Question 16

Greensboro sit ins

Answer 16

1960
Four black students refused to move from the whites only counter at woolworths. 27 students on the 2nd day, 300 on the 4th. Hugely influential.

Question 17

Freedom rides

Answer 17

1961
Travelled from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans. Met lots of violent opposition. Forced attorney General Robert Kennedy to enforce desegregation of the interstate bus services.

Question 18

Boynton v Virginia

Answer 18

1960

Established that the segregation of interstate buses was illegal

Question 19

The Albany movement

Answer 19

1961-1962

Local police chemist Laurie Pritchett adopted a new approach - no retaliation = no media coverage

Question 20

James Meredith and the university of Mississippi

Answer 20

1962
Governor of Mississippi refused to allow Meredith to enrol at the university if Mississippi. SC backed Meredith and Kennedy put pressure on governor to back down. Kennedy had to send federal troops to defend Meredith against the violent white protestors.