T1.C - Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
How did the KKK intimidate politics?
- held meetings which influenced
politicians - pressured governor Faubus to oppose to
school segregation ending - 1961 to 1962 groups in Mississippi forced
governor Ross Barnett to oppose to James
Meredith’s attempted to enter university
> however JFK used federal marshes and
troops which the KKK couldn’t stop - 1963 only 9% of schools in the old south were desegregated due to local white opposition as education comes under state and not federal government
What was the southern manifesto?
March 1953
100 congressmen and senators
Supported segregation by all legal means
History and tactics of the KKK
set up in 1800s but rose again because of civil rights movement
Violent unlike civil rights
Set fire to crosses
Fire bombed
Parades through towns
what happened at the Birmingham March?
MLK was shown to be the voice of the civil rights movement
non violent demonstation
2,500 arrest
MLK arrested and only released on bail because JFK and RFK interfered
this caused him to make national news
violence of police shown on TV they used water canons dogs and clubs
this horrified Americans
led to JFK introducing the civil rights legislation which was passed by LBJ
what happened in the Washington march?
august 1963
250,000
1/4 were white
hollywood stars
I have a dream speech
1964 MLK won the Nobel peace price
agter this march JFK promised the civil rights bill
what terror attacks did the KKK set up?
1955 murder of Emmett Till killed for talking to a white teenager in money Mississippi murderers were not punished
1961 they fire-bombed buses with freedom riders on them
12th June 1963 Medgar Evers secretary for the NAACP was assassinated by a member off the KKK who was never Brough to trial
the MIA faced death threats during the boycott
what were the SNCC?
student nonviolent coordinating committee
feb 1960 group of students campaign about segregated lunch counters in Woolworths
led to the set up of the SNCC in April
actions forced stores in the old south to end racial discrimination
what did the CORE do?
The Congress of Racial Equality
1961 black and white students participated in freedom rides
this meant the sat in seat that were white only and avoided waiting areas
they were attacked by mobs in Alabama which allowed them to gain national publicity
also forced the federal government to protect them
what was the Montgomery bus boycott?
December 1955
rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a bus
led to her arrested
from 1955 to 1956 black people refused public transport
december 1956 us Supreme Court declared segregation on public transport as unconstitutional
overview of civil rights in the 1950s
segregation carried on in schools and benches etc
discrimination in housing and jobs
American dream was that hard work brings prosperity but this wasn’t possible for blacks
suburbia mainly for white people
black people lived in crowded cities and had poor accommodation
