Kennedy Civil Rights Dates Flashcards
When are the first Freedom Rides?
1961
When does James Meredith desegregate University of Mississipi?
September 1962
When does the Birmingham Campaign begin led by the SCLC?
April 1963
When was Medger W. Evers assassinated?
June 1963
When was the March on Washington?
August 1963
When were the Birmingham Church bombings?
September 1963
When was the SCLC founded?
1957
What were the SCLC’s tactics?
sought to use black churches to promote the organisation of non-violent protest but this faced resistance from the police, WCC, the KKK and some black church leaders who feared retaliation
How many students were involved in the sit-ins?
50,000
How many venues for the sit-ins?
30
What group did the sit-ins lead to?
The Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC)
How many were involved in the original freedom rides?
13, 7 black and 6 white
As the ICC deliberated on the Freedom Rides how many continued to happen?
60 further rides with 300 riders, all were arrested
What was the Albany Campaign?
1961 - went to Albany to challenge segregation but lacked the focus of the sit-ins because they did libraries, parks and buses as well. It also failed because the police chief, Laurie Pritchett, saw that provoking violence encouraged media interaction and so gave instructions to not.
How many times was King arrested?
29
What happened in the wake of James Meredith joining Mississippi?
Riots followed in which two people where killed and R Kennedy had to bring in 500 US marshals to maintain order.
What was the ‘Stand in the Schoolhouse Door’?
It was grandstanding by George Wallace to block the access of two black students into Uni of Alabama in 1963 and JFK had to federalise the National Guard.
How many were involved in the march on Washington?
200,000
What did the 1960 Civil Rights Commission reveal?
57% of black housing bad quality
black life expectancy 7 years less
infant mortality rate 2x as high
What were the major opponents to the civil rights movement?
- the general population
- White Citizen Councils
- Third Ku Klux Klan
- Dixiecrats
