Social Economic And Political Status Of African Americans Flashcards
The right to vote
All Blacks should be given the right to vote an hour should be tonight on account of race colour or previous condition of servitude
Civil war
Slavery made no sense I thought we said in the Constitution of an ox wanted to go to so if the self didn’t as they were far more racist
The Montgomery bus like at 1955 to 56
It was the first of the Civil Rights movement and passing through the self is ever gated throes of white and back of the bus was for blacks
NAACP turned to Rosa Parks a long standing member in order to challenge segregation
Roses started a bus by Clock when she refused to give up her seat for a white person she was arrested and find $14
Montgomery bus my car waiting to go to pronged attack
Firstly the and NAACP launched a legal case to challenge segregation laws. secondly black people of Montgomerie going to campaign of direct action toting local bus companies
After Rosa Parks his arrest
Following parks arrest leader NAACP and Nixon called a meeting of Montgomerys black leaders to a person could get an M I a was established under the leadership of MLK in order to coordinate a boycott
People began to carpool to work or walk and this lasted 381 days
It is effective as most companies relied on black people for a lot of business
21st of December 1956 bus okay I shall also ended and blacks and whites can sit where they wanted
The little rock campaign
9057 defects are desegregation of education in the south had made little progress intended to speed up desegregation by Amral and I’m black students until it arrives alright high school okay government oppose the involvement and all of the National Guard to prevent the student from entering the school
Pressure groups
The National Association for the advancement of coloured people was founded in 1909
Pressure legal and political methods to achieve its aims of ending segregation and obtain the vote for blacks
CORE
The Congress of racial equality phone in 1942 and he is nonviolent resistance to challenge segregation
SCLC
Southern Christian leadership conference found a 1957 emerge from the Montgomery busboycott and aimed to use non-violent resistance to limit segregation
SNCC
Student non-violent coordinating committee is started in 1960 to coordinate the work of the sit Ins that were taking place across the south
Eisenhower Civil Rights act
Eisenhower had an election coming up in 1956 and was interested in the African-American back to stand his vaulters base
The bills Jonathan 1956 and its aims were to ensure that all citizens can exercise the right to park
To set up a Justice Department division to manage to survive uses
To set up by bipartisan commission on race relations
Why was it so hard for black people to have about
Many southern states find ways around it in the black people about for example there was the grandfather clause which only let people to vote if there grandfathers could do and secondly blacks had to answer a set of questions before they could vote these questions were ridiculous such as how many bubbles are there in a bar of soap
The 1957 Civil Rights act
It was much weaker act witch did a little to actually help the black people exercise there rights anywhere however in 1960 another Civil Rights act was passed establish penalties for obstructing black exercise of franchise
Sit ins
SNCC- worked with MLK to extend the range of the movement e.g. weddings at segregated swimming pools
Nonviolence was actively pursued even then protests were attacked they did not retaliate this got them a lot of good media action and reinforced northern white sympathies
The freedom rights 1961
Aims: 20 cigarettes an instant transfer 20 location and eating and toilet facilities in the terminals
Freedom rides were inspired by previous successful campaigns e.g. Montgomery bus boycott
Organised by CORE
Attacked in Alabama where police escorts failed
