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how many anti-black race riots were there in 1919

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25 (eg. Red summer in Chicago)

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when did the Jim Crow laws come about

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1917

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3
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how many black men were lynched

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579

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4
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when did lynchings take place

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1915-1930

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5
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when was slavery abolished

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late 1880s

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when did the Great migration take place

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1917-1930

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how did the population of black people in New York change between 1910-1930

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1910 = 90,000

1930 = 327,000

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how did the population of black people in Detroit change between 1910-1930

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1910 = 5,000

1930 = 120,000

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when was the NAACP set up

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1917 but spread in the 1930s during the migration

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how did the amount of members of the NAACP change between 1917-1946

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1917 = 90,000

1946 = 600,000

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how did the number of black soldiers change during the war (1942-1944)

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1942 = 3%

end of war (1944) = 8%

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12
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when was CORE set up and why

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1947

CORE = congress of racial equality

involved in desegregating public facilities through sit ins

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what legal challenge happened in 1954

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brown vs board

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what was the name of the organisation that was set up for white people to fight against racial segregation and when was it set up

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white citizens council

set up in 1954 during the brown vs board case

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how many members did the white citizens council have by 1956

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250,000

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what are some examples of sit ins that CORE organised

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1942 - St Louis sit in

1949 - Baltimore sit in

17
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what big turning point happened in 1955

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Montgomery bus boycott

18
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which association was created following the Montgomery bus boycott and who was chosen as the leader

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MIA = Montgomery improvement association with Martin Luther King being chosen as leader

19
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what committee was set up in 1960 and why

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SNCC = Student nonviolent coordinating committee

it was created to help student cope with white abuse and violence

19
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how many black bus users partook in the Montgomery bus boycott and refused to take the bus

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90% of all black bus users

(75% of bus users were black)

19
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how long did the Montgomery bus boycott last

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380 days - starting on the 5th December 1955

20
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how many reporters were there at Little Rock

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250

20
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1956-1957

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Little Rock

21
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1960

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Greensboro Sit in

22
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1961

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SNCC and CORE set up freedom rides to see progress in desegregating bathrooms

23
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1962

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JFK passed the housing desegregation support act

24
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1964

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civil rights act was passed

24
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what happened in freedom summer 1964

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SNCC sent 45 volunteers to the south to try push black voting rights but most disappeared or were found dead 6 weeks later

by the end of the summer there had been: 3 murders and 35 shooting incidents

24
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1963

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Birmingham - starting 3rd April and ending 12th May

25
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1965

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voting rights act was passed

25
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how successful were the SNCC in getting blacks to vote in the south during freedom summer 1964

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17,000 black people tried to register to vote

only 1,600 were accepted to vote

26
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what organisation was set up in 1965 that later became the black power movement

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Lowndes County Freedom Organisation

26
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what famous riot took place in 1965

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Watts Riot

27
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how did the government census change in how many black people were registered to vote between 1966-1980

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1966 = 58.2%

1980 = 60%

28
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by 1980 how many high school drop outs aged 25-34 had criminal records

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75%

29
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1970

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emergency school aid

30
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what civil rights turning point happened in 1972

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Swann vs Charlotte Mecklenburg

31
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what were all the main Supreme Court rulings and when did they happen

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1948 - Shellie vs Kraemer: mix housing

1954 - Brown vs Board: mix schools

1956 - Browder vs Gayle: mix transportation

1971 - Swan vs Charlotte Mecklenburg: security and funding for racially integrated schools

1973 - Roe vs Wade: legalised abortion (all races)

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