Progress 1960-62 Flashcards
What started the greensboro sit-in
85 black students sat at the counter and waited to be served, even though the lunch counter was segregated. Staff refused to serve them so the students waited there till closing.
Then the next day more students turned up and did it in shifts, as it got more publicity more people joined in until there were thousends of people doing the sit in
70,000 took part 3,600 got arrested
What was the significance of the Greensboro sit in
Thousends of people joined in, including professors
Some white southerners joined CORE and NAACP even though they were getting threatened
Everything that happened during the sit in was open for the media to capture as it was in a public space
Showed the importance of publicity
What was the freedom riders
They were a group of CORE members that decided to get on the bus from the North to the deep south to see if desegregation was happening on buses.
What were the freedom riders trying to achieve
To spark worldwide publicity wo that federalgocernment would force states to desegregate
Who spoke against the freedom riders
Southern state governers and much of the southern state press spoke against them. The KKK vowed to stop them
When was the Anniston inccident
15 May 1961
What were the key features of when the freedom riders reached Anniston
When the first bus reached Anniston there were over 300 KKK members that surrounded the bus,
slashing their tyres and breaking their windows.
Then when they were trying to get away someone threw a firebomb into the bus and held the doors shut
Luckily a white policeman forced the doors open before the petrol tank exploded
Some were beaten up as they got the bus but cars were organised to take them to the airport.
When the second bus came they got beaten up but managed to drive away
When was the James Meredith case
1962
What were the key features of the James Meredith case
James Meredith got rejected at the university of Mississippi and tried to re apply
This university and state governer went against the supreme court and would not let James in even though they ordered to let him in
Then Meredith went with 500 federal troops to register, but they were met by a mob of 3000 who attacked the federal troops
23,000 troops were needed to keep order and get Meredith in
