Effective Black Organisations

Question 1

knowledge

Answer 1

• by the 1940s the NAACP (national association for the advancement of coloured people) reached a breakthrough of the desegregation of schools as a result of brown vs topeka in 1954.
• the SCLC (southern christian leadership conference), used non violent direct action against segregation, example the Lincoln memorial march in 1957

Question 2

analysis

Answer 2

• these groups led to the growth in civil rights as their sustained efforts to challenge segregation through the courts started to come to fruition, leading to further legislation victories down the line.

Question 3

analysis+

Answer 3

the sclc was limited during the first 18 months, but it also only helped southern states and the north was left to deal with de facto segregation alone.

Question 4

evaluation

Answer 4

mark newman states the sclc “assisted rather than initiated” many of the protests in the 1950s and 60s, and that credits should go to the participants and not the organisers for the success of it.