Eisenhower: Civil Rights Flashcards
1
Q
Brown vs Topeka
When?
What?
A
1954
Linda brown walked 21blocks to all black school.
2
Q
Little rock nine
What?
When?c
A
1955
Nine black students wanted entrance to little rock nine.
Governor Faubus with hundreds of protestors tried to stop them.
Eisenhower sent 101st airborne troop to protect entrance
3
Q
Who was the sncc?
What were they involved in?
A
Student Non-violent committee
Leaders: Ella baker and stokley Carmichael
4
Q
What group was mlk involved in?
A
Sclc
5
Q
When was emmett till killed?
A
195…
6
Q
When were the bus boycotts?
What were they?
A
People boycotted bus after rosa parks.
Lasted 3 days
Cost transport firms 80% a day
- interstate buses desegregated
7
Q
When ere the civil rights?
A
1957
1960
