The role of state governments - resisting civil rights Flashcards
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Example Questions
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‘Assess the reasons why states were able to resist the progress of civil rights for so long in the period 1865-1992’
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State control 1865-1877 [3]
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- South passed Black Codes to control newly freed AA’s
- Due to presence of armed forces in South, number of AA representatives outnumbered whites:
i) South Carolina- 8 black congressmen between 1867-77
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State reaction after 1877 [3]
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- Passed the Jim Crow Laws: seperate schools, churches, cemeteries, excluding voting
- Southern states did little or nothing to control violence against AA’s or stop lynchings
- Opposition of key white governors to attempt to prevent change ironically strengthened the cause, as other countries saw injustice.
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Little Rock 1957 [3]
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- States resisted 1954 Brown v Board ruling
- In 1957 Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 black students from entering the school -> using National Guard
- Eisenhower put state National Guard under fed. control + impose integration through armed forces
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James Meredith 1962 [1]
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- Clash betwe. Mississippi & Kennedy where federal law officers enforced James Meredith’s entry into a forcibly desegregated Mississippi university.
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Alabama 1963 [2]
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- Governor George Wallace’s inaugural speech ‘Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever’ 1963
- Police Chief Eugene ‘Bull’ Conner- used fire hoses & attack dogs in Birmingham 1963 -> AGAINST CHILDREN
