Section C - Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
What helped the growth of the civil rights movement?
Brown vs Board 1954 Murder of Emett Till 1955 Montgomery bus boycott 1955 Little Rock 1957 Sit-ins 1960 Freedom Rides 1961 Project C, Birmingham 1963 March on Washington 1963 Selma March 1965
What does NAACP stand for?
National association of advanced coloured people
What does CORE stand for and what did they organised
Congress of racial equality and they organised the Freedom Rides
What does SNCC stand for and what did they organised?
Student non-violent co-ordinating and they organised the Sit-ins
How brown vs Board help the CRM 1954
Challenged the “Separate but Equal” 1896
Ended segregation in education
How the murder of Emett Till helped the CRM 1955
Gained publicity
Showed the legal system was biased
Northern American seen how blacks were treated in the south
How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott help the CRM? 1955
Showed blacks economic power
Gained publicity
How did Little Rock help the CRM? 1957
Gained publicity
Showed president Eisenhower was willing to step in and federalise the state troops
How did the Sit-ins help the CRM? 1960
Showed peaceful protesting worked
Showed blacks and whites could work together
Lunch counters were desegregated by summer of 1960
How the freedom riders helped the CRM? 1961
Gained publicity
Showed how blacks were treated even though what they were doing wasn’t illegal
How did Project C help towards the CRM? 1963
Nationals and international publicity
Toilets, changing rooms and other public facilities were desegregated in 90 days
Showed blacks economic power
How did the March on Washington help the CRM? 1963
Gained huge publicity
Largest civil rights demonstrations in US history
How did Selma help towards the CRM? 1965
Showed blacks and whites could work together
National publicity causes anger
What did the ‘C’ stand for in Project C?
Confrontation
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian leadership conference
