Eisenhower Civil Rights Dates Flashcards
When was Brown vs Board of Education?
May 1954
When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
December 1955-56
When was the Little Rock Nine?
September 1957
When was the Sit-In Movement?
February 1960
When was the first White Citizen Council formed?
July 1954
When is Brown II (all deliberate speed)?
May 1955
When did the Supreme Court order that Autherine Lucy be intergrated into Uni of Alabama?
October 1955
When is the Southern Manifesto signed?
March 1956
When is Browder vs Gayle?
June 1956
When is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed (SCLC)?
February 1957
When does Strom Thurmond filibuster for 24 hours and against what?
August 1957 - Civil Rights Act
When is the first Civil Rights Act passed (voting legislation)?
September 1957
When is the SNCC formed?
1960
When is the second Civil Rights Act passed?
1960
What was ‘The Hate that Hate Produced’?
A 1959 TV about the Nation of Islam, it was meant to terrify white viewers.
By 1956 how many members of White Citizen Councils were there?
250,000
When was Emmett Till killed?
1955
When was Autherine Lucy expelled?
1956
What was Eisenhower forced to federalise and dispatch for the Little Rock Nine?
National Guard and 101st Airborne
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
381 days
How much did the boycott cost bus companies?
80% of their costs per day
How long did Strom Thurmond filibuster for against the 1957 Civil Rights Bill?
24 hours and 18 minutes
