KT2 civil rights movement 45-62
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- KT2- Civil Rights Movement 1945-62
- Impact Of WW2
- WW2 was against racist states so the USA was hypocritical
- Wanted society to be intergrated
- Two civil rights groups NAACP and CORE
- Black and White people fought together
- Peaceful protests- Direct action
- Freedom rides, Sit ins, Boycotts, Picketing, Marches.
- Pushed by the NAACP
- Non violent protests were led by MLK
- Montgomery bus boycott
- Continued for 381 days
- NAACP Boycotted buses on her trial date, as she was found guilty they continued
- eventually the Supreme Courts rules segragation was 'unconstitutional'
- 1/12/55 Rosa Parcs was arrested
- Using the law
- 1951- Brown vs Topeka- black schools had less money and facilities
- 1897- Plessy vs Ferguson- Seperate but equal
- 1954- Supreme court ruled segragation in education was 'unconstitutional'
- Little Rock High,1957
- Governor Orville Faubus was racist
- First intergrated school
- Troops were put in place to stop the student Elizabeth Eckford
- Eisenhower sent federal troops in to protect the students
- Faubus closed the school next year
- Sit ins and Freedom rides
- Freedom rides ensure facilities were intergrated
- Sitins took place regulary, organisged by students
- Opposition to the CRM
- KKK were constantly opposed
- James Meredith was the first black student in Uni, 15000 soldiers were needed to control the riots.
- Impact Of WW2
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