Impact of Civil Rights Protests Flashcards
Full form of NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Full form of ACMHR
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Full form of SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Full form of SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Full form of MIA
Montgomery Improvement Association
Full form of CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
The sit-ins were first started by students from which college?
North Carolina Agriculture and Technology College
How many students participated in the sit-ins of the Woolsworth lunch counters in total?
300 students
The sit-ins successfully desegregated shops across how many towns and cities?
120 towns and cities
When did Supreme Court say that interstate transport must be desegregated as well?
December 1960
When did CORE decide to start freedom rides and why?
In 1961, CORE decided to carry out freedom rides to show that the ruling of the Supreme Court about desegregated interstate transport was not being followed.
When did the first freedom ride begin and from where?
The first buses left on 4 May 1961 from Washington DC and headed to the South.
The first bus of the freedom rides reached Anniston, Alabama on which date?
14 May 1961
What was thrown into the first freedom ride bus at the Anniston station?
A firebomb
How many freedom riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi?
300
When does James Meredith apply to enter Mississippi University (‘Ole Miss)?
May 1961
What does the Governor of Mississippi say to the public when he is pressed by the Supreme Court to allow Meredith to join the university?
He says: “No school in Mississippi will be integrated while I am your governor.”
When does the Supreme Court order to admit Meredith to the Mississippi University?
June 1962
President Kennedy sends Federal officials with marshals to force Mississippi University to accept Meredith, on what date?
30 September 1962
When does James Meredith finally attend Mississippi University and how many guards is he protected by?
1 October 1962 - he’s protected by 300 guards
The SCLC, SNCC, and ACMHR decide to carry out a campaign in Birmingham Alabama in 1963, and it’s called?
Project C
c for confrontation
The first march of Project C took place when?
3rd April 1963
Who was the leader of the ACMHR?
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth
Who was the leader of CORE?
James Farmer
Who was the leader of SCLC?
Martin Luther King
Who founded the NAACP?
W.E.B. Du Bois
The leaders of the Birmingham Peace March are arrested and jailed, so on 2nd May 1963, what took place?
The first largest children’s march
What does Chief Connor order the police to set on the people, since jails are overcrowded?
Dogs (and fire hoses were sprayed too)
How many children were arrested during the Project C in Birmingham, Alabama?
Around 1000
President Kennedy sends negotiators to start talks regarding the Birmingham Peace Marches, on which date?
10 May 1963
Why was the March on Washington carried out?
To show support for the civil rights bill being debated by Congress under President Kennedy, and to encourage them to pass it.
How many policemen and National Guards were kept on standby during the Washington March?
1000 policemen and 2000 National Guards
When did the March on Washington take place and how many people were part of it?
23 August 1963 - around 250,000 were part of it
The March on Washington takes place exactly how many years after the abolition of slavery?
100 years later….
President Kennedy assassinated in…..
November 1963
The Freedom Summer campaigns in Mississippi are started by which civil rights groups?
NAACP, CORE, and SNCC
When are the Freedom Summer campaigns started?
Summer of 1964
How many volunteers are sent to Mississippi during the Freedom Summer campaign?
Around 1000
Which political party is set up during the Freedom Summer campaign?
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
The MFDP sets up how many Freedom Schools across Mississippi?
30 schools
Who are the three Freedom Summer campaigners who are arrested on 21 June 1964?
Michael Scherner, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney
Scherner, Goodman, and Chaney are arrested on 21 June 1964 during the Freedom Summer for what reason?
For minor traffic offences while driving to Scherner’s home.
