Development Of The Civil Rights Movement In The 1950s Flashcards
Why did Linda’s Father go to court?
He wanted to send her to a good school that was closer to their house, but she could go to that school because of the colour of her skin
What was Supremes fourth decision on Linda Browns case?
All public state school will be integrated
Colour blind constitution
No matter on skin colour, you should get the same education
What was the timeline of event (Linda Brown)
Mr Brown wanted his daughter to go to a local school
Mr Brown went to Board of education (lost)
Went to Supreme Court
19th May 1954 colour blind constitution
Public schools made to integrate
What progress did Linda Browns case made for the civil rights movement
Lawyer that was doing her case was African American
300000 African Americans were attending schools
NAACP was helping Mr Brown
Schools got integrated
When was Little Rock Nine ?
1957
Why did Governor of Arkansas send state troopers to the school on 3 rd September (Little Rock nine)
Because he knew people won’t like the fact that African Americans were going to a white school, most likely it was to protects them
Why did the president get involved and what did he do? What did he achieve ?
Because he didn’t want any opposition
He needed to support the Supreme Court
Sent out 10000 troopers
Allowed 9 African Americans attend the school
Timeline of events of 1957 (Little Rock nine)
Summer- 75 applied=50 rejected
2nd September-all African Americans should go together, Elizabeth did not get the message
3rd September-she had to walk to school by herself, lots of anger from white Americans towards AA
23th September-president sends 10000 troopers to let 9 AA into school, president finds this case important and gets involved
How were buses segregated, what rules did AA have to follow?
White and AA were splitter by rows, front- only white, back-African American
Rules:
If there is not enough seats for white Americans, AA had to let the, sit
AA can only sit behind white Americans, can’t sit in the same row
When was the Montgomery bus boycott started?
December 1955
What role did MLK play in the Montgomery bus boycott?
He came up with the idea, of the boycott and that people should walk to work to show the protest
Which movement did MLK set up to organise the bus boycott?
Montgomery improvement association
What did Supreme Court date in the 1956, with regards to segregation on buses ?
That segregation on the buses is now illegal
When did the boycott finish and how long did it last?
November 1956
13 month
Why did the boycott end?
Firstly because the Supreme Court stated that segregation on buses is illegal, secondly the bus companies became bankrupt as AA didnt use the buses
