Civil Rights: Opposition to Change 1955-68
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- Created on: 30-12-14 12:53
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- Opposition to Change 1955-68
- Federal
- Presidential
- Eisenhower
- Advocated GRADUAL CHANGE
- Believed Civil Rights Campaigns would CREATE FURTHER HOSTILITY
- Ignored constant injustice and violence towards blacks
- Kennedy
- Advocated SUPPORT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
- Horrified by Freedom Rides violence
- 1962 VOTER EDUCATION PROGRAMME
- GRANTS TO THOSE WHO ABANDONED PROTESTS in order to fund voter registration
- Aimed to keep Federal Government out - resisted calls to intervene with Freedom Rides
- Advocated SUPPORT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION
- Johnson
- Showed no support after activists criticised Vietnam War
- Eisenhower
- Congress
- FILLIBUSTER
- Senator Thurmond 24 hour 18 minute
- 1957 Civil Rights Act
- 18 Southern democrats worked for a 25 hour fillibuster
- 1960 Civil Rights Act
- Weakened 1968 Civil Rights Act so laws couldn't be enforced
- Senator Thurmond 24 hour 18 minute
- FILLIBUSTER
- FBI
- COINTELPRO
- Harassed Civil Rights Activists
- Broke into Civil Rights offices
- Spied on activists
- JOINED GROUPS (e.g. SNCC) AS SUPPORTERS AND ENCOURAGED TENSIONS
- COINTELPRO
- Presidential
- States/ Local Government
- Police
- Violence
- Birmingham VICTORY
- MEMPHIS FAILURE
- Respect
- Laurie {ritchett
- No media attention for Albany!
- No media attention for Albany!
- Laurie {ritchett
- Violence
- Politicians
- Orval Faubus
- Various methods exploited to avoid desegregation
- Violence
- Propoganda
- Legal means
- Law-makers allowed him to close schools to avoid intergration
- Various methods exploited to avoid desegregation
- Mayor Daley
- Sohisticated methods
- Openly negotiated with King
- Had laweyers passing a Court Injunction against protests behind-the-scenes
- Didn't enforce his promises when re-elected
- Sohisticated methods
- Orval Faubus
- Police
- Public Opinion
- Favoured desegregation but didn't want to live with blacks
- 1960-70 Major Northern Cities' white population declined by 9.6%
- 1968 - 16.8% Major Northern cities' white population moved to the subrbs
- North cities lost tax revenue
- Black communities disadvantaged
- North cities lost tax revenue
- Favoured desegregation but didn't want to live with blacks
- Federal
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