USA- Growth Flashcards
Intro for growth
Explain it was a slow movement before ww2 Double v campaign What wanted to gain To an extent Factors
What are the factors for growth
Black experience
Racial prejudice
Emergence of effective organisations
Emergence of effective leaders
Black experience para
KU- double v campaign and CORE 1942
A- black compared racial theories with nazis and discrimination and segregation
DA- Eric foner says wartime for fighting and freedom transformed stays and allowed CRM to move
EV- as before unsuccessful, catalyst and double v campaign
Continuing racial prejudice
KU- 1954- brown vs board, Little Rock and 1955 emmet till
A- emmet till shock and sympathetic whites
DA- Cleona Hudson- emmet till was sacrificial lamb as his death made people realise
EV- mass publicity that was non violent - Montgomery
ORGANISATIONS
KU- 1960, SNCC JOINRD CORE AND SCLC AND NAACP IN BOYCOTTS AND MARCHES and 1957 Martin Luther king said SCLC non violent
A- finally were working together to get equality which was previously a significant failure
DA- mark Newman says cannot pick any particular organisation as collective power
EV- structure and gained support
Leaders para
KU- mlk was non violent and peaceful and used media. Malcom x was inspirational but confrontational.
A- Malcom x and stiller provides a outlet for the slow frustration of all the peaceful methods
Da- claybourne Carlson said would of happened without king
Ev- brought a face that made publicity