African American Civil Rights Organisations
- Created by: epearce1998
- Created on: 25-05-17 15:06
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- Civil Rights Organisations
- NAACP
- Founded from Niagara Movement in 1909
- Campaigns against lynching and race riots, education, equal justice
- Founders included Ida B Wells and Du Bois
- But mainly run by Jewish white liberal
- Thurgood Marshall- supreme court judge in 1964
- Legal focus- challenging Jim Crow, education and voting restrictions
- 1944 SC ruling -illegal to deny AAs right to vote
- Brown v. Board 1954
- Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955- however resulted in barring from Alabama
- Little Rock campaign 1959
- SCLC
- Created out of Montgomery by MLK
- Focusing on mass demonstrations
- Non-violent
- Gained white liberal support
- Support from religious groups in South
- Unsuccessful at Albany 1961 where Pritchett didn't use violence- lack of media attention
- Birmingham- Chief Connor used force, good media attention
- March on Washington 1963- gained white support
- CORE
- United white liberal opinion 2/3 initial membership white 1942
- Excluded white members from 1966
- Freedom Rides 1947, repeated in 1961 - publicity
- Led to Kennedy passing the Interstate Commerce Commission to desegregate interstate travel
- Campaigns in Chicago to desegregate schools
- United white liberal opinion 2/3 initial membership white 1942
- SNCC
- Originally non-violent until shooting of Meredith in 1966
- Stokely Carmichael claimed 'what we need is Black Power'
- Began to exclude whites
- Played major role in Freedom Rides
- Originally non-violent until shooting of Meredith in 1966
- Nation of Islam
- Founded by Wallace Fard Muhammad and dominated by Elijah Muhammad until 1975
- Malcolm X a leader and increased membership
- Promoted black separatism, nationalism and superiority
- Didn't have white support of other organisations
- Strong religious following
- Founded by Wallace Fard Muhammad and dominated by Elijah Muhammad until 1975
- Black Power
- Celebration of African culture, music, hair etc.
- Black Panther Movement
- Carried weapons, defence against police brutality- Patrol the Pigs
- Wanted economic equality, better housing and separate juries for black people
- Excluded whites 1972
- UNIA
- Advocated black nationalism and seperatism
- Black Star Line to take AAs back to Africa
- Had international support
- Celebration of African values, massive parades in NY in 1920s
- Promoted economic power
- Advocated black nationalism and seperatism
- NAACP
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