USA Flashcards
Why did only 9 rather than 25 students attend little rock high school
Opponents threatened the black families applying with loss of their jobs and violence
Reaction of photos from Little Rock high skl
There was outrage inside and outside the USA
Who was govenor of Arkensas
Orval faubus. He was an opposition to Segregation of Little rock high
Who was Elizabeth eckford
The one student who missed a message from the NAACP to not go into school. She was met with a mobof white people
What did eisenhower do on 24/09/1957
He signed a presidental order to send over 1,000 federal troops to little rock high skl
Eisenhower’s actions were so controversial he went on TV to explain himself
What is the WCC
White citizens council
What did NAACP and CORE do to help black families
They sent representatives to work with black families of children involved in desegregating schools
Why did the montgomery bus boycot happen
To stop segregating happening on buses
What happened on December 1st 1955
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat for a white man on a bus so she was arrested
How long did the bus boycot last for
381 days with 90% of black people who usually rode on buses refusing to. The boycott only stopped when buses were fully desegregated
What was the MIA
The Montgomery Improvement Association
Why was Martin Luther King chosen as lader of the MIA
He was new in Montgomery, so he had no friends/enemies among Montgomery’s white officials
He was payed by the church so no white business could threaten to sack him
He supported fighting for civil rights in a nkn violent way
Aims of the WCC (White Citizens’ Council)
Citizens of indianola, mississippi set the WCC up in July 1954. Its aims included preserving segregation. They used extreme violence
Long term significance of Brown vs Topeka case
Segregation began to be decreased but when blacks were intergrated into white schools
- many black teachers lost their jobs
- black teachers in intergrated schools faced trouble from white students
- black students often went to school through crowds chanting racist taunts
What did orval faubus do to oppose segregation
On 3rd september, he sent 250 troops to surround the school to “keep the peace”. In reality the troops blocked off the school from the black students
