Peaceful Protests And Their Impact Flashcards
What campaign did they start in Birmingham
Campaign ‘C’ - confrontation
Why did they traget Birminham
This is because it was completely segregated and black people were often getting attacked their.
It was nicknamed ‘bombingham’ because alot of the black churches and peoples houses were contantly getting bombed
What were the features of campaign ‘C’ in Birminham
Marches, sit inns, boycotts
Hundreds of protestors were arrested including a lot of adults
So SNCC trained young black people to march, so 6000 of them marched amd over 900 got arrested
The next day they marched again but the jails wer full so ‘Bull’ Conor ordered the police to use hoses and dogs on the protestors
This caused publicity to grow and when all the pictures came out and spread worldwide it caused horror, and even Kennedy said he was ashamed
When was the March on Washington planned
Immediately after Birmingham
Why was it in Washington
Because it is the Countries capital meaning it will get lots of publicity and the congress are there
What was the mach for
Jobs and freedom
How many people took part in the march on washington
Over 250,000 people about 40,000 of them white took part
March on Washington was significant because…
Size - showed the support for civil Rights
Who saw it - publicity
King’s speach - people saw him as the leader if civil rights
Crowd - black and white people - support from all classes
How many black americans were registered to vote from 1962 to 64
700,000
What was freedom Summer
It is was when 1000 volunteers (mostly white students) worked with local campaigners on projects in the black community.
Some taught in freedom schools for blacks, others taught people how to pass the voter registration tests
Why was it important that there was white students involved in freedom summer
Because if there was any violence against them it would be more publicity
What were the Mississipi murders
They were CORE workers who got arrested on their way home and when they got released they were murdered by the KKK. When CORE and SNCC members tried to find their bodies their found the bodies of 8 black CORE workers
What was the reason for the march on selma
Only 1% of black people registered to vote as they were scared
People protested against registration tests
What was the key featuures of Selma
600 protestors set of to march from Selma to Montgomery
State troops stopped them just outside Selma and attacked them with tear gas, clubs and electric probes.
The US made worldwide headlines for it’s abuse towards black people
What were the consequences of Selma
Lots of publicity - bad image for US
People marched to support the attack it was nicknamed ‘bloody mary’
Johnson made troops march the protestores from selma to mongomery after
