Legal Challenge To Direct Action 1917-55 Flashcards
What did they depend on
Time
Place
Circumstances
Support available
What was the NAACP membership in 1917
9000
What was the NAACP membership in 1919
90000
What was the NAACP membership in 1946
600000
What did the separatists say
Never going to have true equality
Stop fighting for equality
Ebrace segregation
Fight for equal conditions
What did separatism mean for young children
Black children would grow up to feel proud and not inferior
What did Separatist Marcus Garvey say in early 1920s
Do what white racists said to do “go back to africa”
When was the NAACP set up
1910
What was their aim
Gain black Americans their legal rights
What did the NAACP do
Published pamphlets about lunching
Demonstrated
Held marches
Petitioned congress
Took cases of segregation to court
Provided lawyers to defend black people
What court ruling said segregation was permissible
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
How many cases did the NAACP win in the 1950s
Every case
What did Supreme Court do
Weaken force of rulings by not enforcing time limits for desegregation
What caused integration of schools
Brown v board of education
How many black children were in an integrated school
One black child in every 100
