How Did King Help Flashcards
What was King Chairman of?
The Montgomery improvement society
After the Rosa Parks incident in December 1955 what did king decide to do>
Fight against the segregation of buses in a non-violent way
What did king say about violence
‘We will not resort to violence. We will not degrade ourselves with hatred. Love will be returned for hate.’
What was the result?
Buses were desegregated in 1956
After this what was created?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
committed to the use of non-violence
how was the creation of the SCLC significant for the civil rights movement?
- it involved many churches representing the black population of the south
- uniting their power and influence (movement power multiplied)
what spurred more to get involved especially students who organised sit-ins at whites only restaurants
Kings writings, speeches and leaderhsip
August 1963
King give famous ‘i have a dream speech’ at Washington to persuade Kennedy’s bill of civil rights
What did king predict in earlier years?
That demonstrations serve a good purpose but real change would only come through the power of the federal government
President L. Johnson pushed through what?
The 1965 voting rights act
- outlawed tests and poll taxes as a way of assessing if someone was worthy to vote across all states
by the end of 1966
Only 4 put of the 13 southern states had less than 50% of African Americans registered to vote
In long term
More African Americans were elected into the public office
In 1968 another civil rights act prohibited ?
racial discrimination in the sale/rental of houses
what was a key influence in the change
White consciousness
- white people had to wake up to the way black people were treated in order fro them to join the cause
what caused many white people to wake up?
The poor treatment of people in Europe during the soviet occupation
