🍜!part 2: civil rights... group info

Question 1

NAACP

Answer 1

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF C/ PEOPLE

Question 2

NAACP.. When was it formed…

Answer 2

-formed in 1909

Question 3

NAACP.. aims and methods?

Answer 3

• aimed at achieving political and social equality for African Americans…
• Wanted to secure the rights guaranteed within the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment in the US constitution.
• to end segregation
• the main group advocating for change at the time

Question 4

CORE..

Answer 4

CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY

Question 5

CORE…. where and when was it formed?

Answer 5

-Formed in Chicago in 1942

Question 6

CORE…. aims and methods?

Answer 6

• influenced by Ghandi an his peaceful methods…
• -gained recognition when supporting MLK during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
• sit-ins which later became a method blueprint to CR movement.

Question 7

SCLS

Answer 7

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

Question 8

SCLS… when and where was it formed?

Answer 8

• Formed in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan 1957

- arose from the Montgomery Bus boycott and lead by Martin Luther King jnr

Question 9

SCLS… aims and methods?

Answer 9

• Drew on the strength and organisation of Black churches in the South and the presence of Christianity within protest
• Drew on smaller groups and smaller acts of protest (at a grassroots level) to enact change and spread greater awareness of Civil rights.

Question 10

SNCC

Answer 10

STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITEE

Question 11

SNCC… when and where was it formed?

Answer 11

• formed in 1960 from the greensboro sit-ins

- ella baker a catalyst for the student group.

Question 12

SNCC.. aims and methods..

Answer 12

• Played a key role in driving Black voter registration in the South
• Key role in the Mississippi freedom summer