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Who was Martin Luther King’s vision inspiration from

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The Indian Mahatma Ghandi

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In 1954 what was Martin Luther King

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The young Baptist minister of a rich folks church in Montgomery Alabama

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What did the Indian Mahatma Gandhi promote the example off

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Nonviolent campaign of passive resistance

He did this against British rule in India in the 1940s

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When did King first-come into public notice. And how

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Came to public notice in 1955 when-as leader of Montgomery bus boycotts-house was bombed however he declared: we must meet violence with nonviolence.

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What did Martin Luther King rise to be (Think civil rights movement)

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D hero and figurehead of the civil rights movement

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What had the NAACP achieved by the time kings starting his campaign

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They achieved a number of legal successes

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Who was the NAACP’s leader

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Thurgood Marshall

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What did Thurgood Marshall remark after King’s success in Montgomery bus boycott

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‘All that walking for nothing’

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What was the difference between the boycott and NAACP in ending segregation

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The boycott had not secured the end of segregation on Montgomery buses Whereas the NAACP had through the Supreme Court

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Since when had the CORE been campaigning

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Since the Second World War

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When did king found the southern Christian leadership conference

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1957

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What was wrong with the SCLC

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It is poorly organised

male, educated church ministers who ran it were pompous and quarrelsome

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Which sit-in was the first

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Greensboro sit-in in North Carolina

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When was the first sit in

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1960

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Give details on the Greensboro sit-in

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For college students go to local Woolworth store and sat down in white section of lunch counter

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What happened on the first day of the Greensboro sit in

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The students are simply ignored

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How many students came to Woolworths on the following day and what happened on this day

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30 students

Got into local newspaper

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How many students went to Woolworths the day after they got into the local newspaper

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66 black students

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What happened after a week of escalating trouble with the sit ins

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There was a bomb threat and the store was forced to close

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What did the Greensboro protest result in

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The protest immediately spawned copycat sit ins all over the south

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How many students were involved in the copycat sit-ins

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Perhaps 50,000 students in all

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What happened to the protesters when they protested

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They were humiliated and assaulted

Not all managed not to fight back

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What did Greensboro’s NAACP organisation manage to do (2 things)

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They have managed to register large numbers of black voters

Had even got black counsellors elected

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What was the result of black counsellors being a minority on the council in Greensboro

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They could not reform segregation and their presence on the council simply made it look as though they supported the councils segregation policies

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What did sit-ins become

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A new tactic to civil rights

-They were direct action to challenge segregation

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What was formed after the end of the sit-ins

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The student non-violent coordinating committee or SNCC (snick)

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Did king disapprove of the sit ins

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Yes generally

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When was king persuaded to join a sit-in And what happened

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October 1960

-Arrested and sentenced to 4 months of hard labour

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What had students chosen to highlight and why

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Racial inequality because 1960 was a presidential election year

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How had John F.Kennedy gain large numbers of black voters

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He protested about the imprisonment of Martin Luther King

-won black support

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When did James Farmer of CORE organise the Freedom rides

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May 1961

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What did young blacks try to do on the freedom rides

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Trying to exercise their legal right to travel on segregated interstate buses

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What were the freedom rides called (an act of something)

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An act of calculated martyrdom

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What does calculated martyrdom mean

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The riders knew they would be attacked

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What happened when the first bus reached Alabama

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Tires slashed
Bus set on fire
Mob try to hold doors shut so passengers are burned alive

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What happened when a second bus reached Birmingham Alabama

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Please and KKK attacked riders with clubs and chains as they left the bus

White freedom riders were especially badly beaten by this mob

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How many freedom rides were there altogether and how many people were involved in them

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60 freedom rights involving 450 brave people

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What happened to most riders

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They were beaten and/or imprisoned

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What did Freedom Riders also do when they waited for their connections

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Break the rules in segregated restaurants and hotels

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What type of students participated a lot in the rides which king supported

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The SNCC students

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What was the government request that the CORE, SNCC, and SCLC ignored

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The government request to stop their freedom rides because they were causing civil unrest

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Who was the Attorney General that enforced the Supreme Court decision that segregation was illegal on interstate travel

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Robert Kennedy

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When and which group of students began a campaign against desegregation in Albany, Georgia

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SNCC 1961

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What would the SNCC campaign include

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Sit-ins and freedom rides

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Who invited King to the campaign in Albany

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Older civil right leaders in the city

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Why were the SNCC annoyed at Martin Luther King at Albany

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Because King led a March and met the city council

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What was the police’s tactic at Albany

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Non-violence and simply arresting and fining

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How many protesters did the police arrest and fine

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1000

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Instead of desegregating its amenities what did the council do?

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The council close the parks, sold swimming pool and took all seats out of library

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What happened after King left Albany

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A black voter registration campaign was very successful

1962 city desegregated all facilities

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When did King organise a votes-for-all March in Washington

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1957

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What was the votes-for-all March in support of

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Eisenhowers civil rights bill

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How many attended the march on Washington

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20,000

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What was Kings March in Washington against

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The advice of other black leaders

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After the March on Washington what happened

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King and supporters used civil rights marchers to publicise the cause of civil rights

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Who organised the first freedom March

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Rev C.T. Vivian and Nashville Christian leadership conference

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When was the first freedom march organised

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1961

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What was the Nashville Christian leadership conference

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An affiliate of the SCLC

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What was the result of the groups ignoring the government request

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Attorney General Robert Kennedy enforced the Supreme Court decision that segregation on interstate travel was illegal

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