Progress 1960-62 Flashcards
What happened on the 1st Febuary 1960?
Four black students from college sat in a white section of a lunch counter until it closed
Who were the 4 students in the forst Greensboro sit in?
Izell Blair
Franklin McCain
Joseph McNeil
David Richmond
What did the 4 students do before the start of the sit in?
Shopped in the Greensboro Woolworth’s department store
What happened on the 2nd Febuary?
What was different about the 1st of Febuary?
About 25 students arrived and sat in shifs at the lunch counter
Press got hold of the story and it spread
By the 4th Febuary how mnay students were woeking in shifts?
What effect did this have?
300 of all genders and race
It also spread to other segregated counters
What was the progression of the news coverage?
2nd Febuary - local news
Within weeks it was on national news
What effect did the story geing in national news have?
Encouraged thousands of people to take part
Which orgnaistations were asked to come?
Why?
CORE
SCLC
To train people in non-violent protests
What gear did the Greensboro sit in happen?
1960
When was SNCC set up?
April 1960 in a meeting with Ella Baker (from SCLC)
What did SNCC stand for?
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
What was SNCC’s aim?
Ising non-violent protests to campaign for Civil Rights
They also provided support groups to train people to cope with the harrasmant and hostility
What did Non-violemce do?
Demonstrate peacefuly and visably
Do not rise to provication
Show your opponent as a violent oppressor
What was the significance of the Greensboro sit in?
It showed how easy it was to start a protest
Some white sutherners joined CORE and SNCC
Lots of people showed that this was supported by the public
It was open to the press
Lots of white people took part showing their support
It shows the importance of getting on the national news
By mid April how many protesters where ther in the Greensboro sit in?
About 50,000
In Montgomery when ddi the actuall bus facilities get desegregated?
December 1960
What happened in 1961?
Some CORE activists decided to ride buses from the north to the deep south to test if desegregation was happening
When did the freedom riders start their journey?
4th May 1961
Where did the freedom rides start there journey?
Washington DC (on 2 buses)
How did the governer of Georgia respond to the freedom riders?
What did this lead to?
He urged his state to stay carm
This mean that the freedom riders got through Georgia with only 2 arrests and little violence
Who was Alabama’s governer during the freedom riders?
John Patterson
What did Northern press accuse the freedom riders of doing?
Intentialy looking for trouble (which was true)
At what date did the first bus reach where in Alabama?
15th May
Anniston