NAACP achievements by the end of the 1950s
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- NAACP achievements by the end of the 1950's
- Slavery was abolished
- 1865- slavery was abolished.
- Educational opportunities for black people.
- Cooper vs Aaron- Ruled that the Brown decision was binding on all states no one could ignore it.
- Brown Case- Brown vs Topeka
- 1972- Little rock became fully desegregated
- Large number of segregated schools still around
- 14th amendment- non denial of citizenship.
- Cooper vs Aaron
- Browder vs Gayle
- Shelly vs Kraemer
- Montgomery bus boycott
- Freedom of speech and in public places
- Equal voting rights
- 1956- 80% of black americans did not have the vote
- 57 & 60 civil rights acts only added 3% to the voting role
- had to pass tests to vote. Many failed as they could not read or write
- 1957- only 7000 of Mississippi's900,000 were allowed to vote and even then there were impossible questions.
- Slavery was abolished
- Brown Case- Brown vs Topeka
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