The Early 1950s Flashcards
1
Q
How were Black Americans treated in the 50s?
A
- treated as second class citizens
- in south they faced segregation, discrimination, and attempts to prevent them from voting
2
Q
What did NAACP and CORE do?
A
- campaign to improve black civil rights
3
Q
What was racial segregation in the South like in early 1950s?
A
- aimed to prevent black and white Americans mixing on public transport, schools, restaurants and other public places
4
Q
What were Jim Crow laws?
A
- laws used to segregate black and white Americans
- stated it was legal to segregate as long as services were “separate but equal”
- services for blacks were inferior to services for whites
5
Q
What are examples of discrimination and violence in the Southern states?
A
- Majority of white people viewed black Americans as racially inferior
- racist white officials were usually members of KKK
- frequent assaults and murders of blacks weren’t properly investigated
- blacks not allowed to sit on juries in a court of law
6
Q
What were voting rights like?
A
- White gangs physically stopped blacks from voting
- Some states, such as Georgia and Virginia, passed laws making it harder for black people to vote. Used unfair literacy tests to make it harder to qualify
- White employers may sack black employees for voting
7
Q
When was NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) set up?
A
1909
8
Q
What did NAACP do?
A
- fought for civil rights using legal systems and courts
- defended blacks who had been unfairly convicted
- focused on overturning “separate but equal”
9
Q
When was CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) set up?
A
1942
10
Q
What did CORE do?
A
- non-violent direct action
- operated mostly in Northern states
- in early years, most members where white or middle class
