Early 1950s Flashcards
Acroos USA black people were seen as
Inferior
Services for black people were
Were often inferior for those of white people
Jim Crow law stated
It was legal to segregate as long as services were separate but equal
Jim Crow laws were used to
Segregate black and white Americans
Majority of white peoplw viewed
Black Americans as racially inferior
Racist white police officers and judges were often
Part of the Ku klux klan
Black people were not allowed
To sit on juries
Assualts or murders of black people
Were not properly investigated or prosecuted
White gangs physically
Stopped black people from voting, and sometimes attacked them for just registering to vote
In some southern states they passed laws making it harder
For black people to vote by putting an unfair literacy test in place.Making it harder for black people to qualify for the vote
Some southern states introduced the grandfather clause
Voters had to peove their forefathers had the vote.For descendants of slaves this was impossible as they were barred from voting
White employers
Sacked black employees who voted or registered to vote
When was NAACP set up
1909
When was CORE set up
1942
What did NAACP fight for
They fought for civil rights using the courts and legal system