The Early 1950s
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- The Early 1950s
- Segregation and discrimination in the Southern states
- Racist 'Jim Crow' Laws were used to segregate black and white Americans
- The law stated that it as legal to segregate as long as services were 'separate but equal'
- Segregated public facilities and services included cinemas, toilets, schools and transport
- In reality, services for black Americans were often inferior to those for white people
- Discrimination and violence in the Southern states
- The majority of white people viewed black Americans as racially inferior
- Racist white officials, including police and judges, were often members of the Klu Klux Klan.
- The frequent assaults and murders of black people were not properly investigated or prosecuted
- Black people were not allowed to sit in on juries in a court of law
- Voting Rights
- White gangs physically stopped black Americans from voting, and sometimes attacked them for trying to register
- Some Southern states passed laws making it harder for black people to vote (e.g.unfair literacy tests)
- Some Southern states introduced the 'grandfather clause' whereby voters had to prove their forefathers had voted (impossible for descendants of slaves)
- White employers would sack black workers if they registered to vote
- Civil rights organisations
- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
- Set up in 1909
- Fought for civil rights using legal system and courts
- Defended black people who were unfairly convicted of crimes
- Focused on overturning 'separate but equal' ruling
- CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
- Set up in 1942
- Smaller membership than NAACP
- Used non-violent direct action; trained local activists in this technique
- Operated mostly in Northern states
- Early years of the organisation - most members were white and middle class
- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
- Segregation and discrimination in the Southern states
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