The USA 1954-75 : Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
What did homer plessy do to get arrested ?
He sat on a white carraige on a train and was arrested
Why did attitudes in the south make it so unlikely for change ?
- Many saw black people as inferior , lazy and unintellegant
- police and law courts were all racist ( ku klux klan members )
- black people were intimidated by white gangs
What did plessy vs ferguson challenge ? What was the outcome ?
- Challenged segregation saying it was against the 14th amendmant
- 1896 jim ‘ crow laws ‘ allowed segregation if the facilities were equal
What were the 5 ways in which the civil rights movement grew ?
Migration - poor blacks moved north , changes southern communities
Education - better education for black people led to more professionals
Second world war - whites saw blacks as able , fighting with them
Southern cities grew - new industries grew opening jobs for black people
The cold war - US government were sensitive to discrimination about how blacks were treated
Television - this brought events into the living room making people aware of racial injustice
New ideas - research disproved that races were genetically inferior
What was NAACP ?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Set up in 1909 , in 1940 set up a legal defence fund
Campaigned for intregation
Focused on fighting civil rights in the south
What is CORE ?
Congress Of Racial Equality
Set up in 1942
Targeted segregation
They had many white members , used non - violent direct action protests
Trained not to reacted to severe intimindation / attacks
Why was the black american churches so significant to the civil rights movement ?
They had well educated effective speakers used for propaganda , they also had lots of contacts which was good for orginising stuff .
Clergymen were very well educated and polite .
The church was a safe place - centre pf community
What was RCNL ?
Regional council of negro leadership
Set up in 1951
Campaigned for voter registration and police brutality
Tell me about the case of emmet till ?
Apparently he wolf whistled a white girl and was brutally beaten and killed
His mother set up a funeral where his coffin was open . Recieved alot of national outrage
2 men charges dropped
