A-Level History - Civil Rights in the USA (African Americans)

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1. Lyndon Johnson...

  • Extended ‘affirmative action’ to promote wider equality
  • Passed the Civil Rights Acts, 1964 and 1965
  • Affirmed African Americans’ right to vote
  • Passed the act of 1972 extending equal employment legislation to all federal, local and state governments
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2. By the end of the 1980s, what percentage of African Americans graduated from high school in comparison to white people?

  • 45% African Americans, compared to 77% of white people
  • 51% African Americans, compared to 70% of white people
  • 63% African Americans, compared to 77% of white people
  • 32% African Americans, compared to 65% of white people

3. CORE...

  • Challenged segregation on interstate buses
  • Formed the Council of Federated Organizations in 1962
  • Organised effective boycotts of buses in Montgomery
  • Organised well-publicised mass demonstrations

4. What did the Executive Order 11246 in 1965 do?

  • Prevented local juries deciding on cases of discrimination
  • Discrimination was barred in all federal employment
  • Ended immigration quotas based on national origin, race, religion or colour
  • Ended discrimination in the war industry

5. What happened in Little Rock?

  • Chief Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor used fire hoses and attack dogs against civil rights protestors
  • The integration of nine black students into the Central High School by the use of federal armed forces
  • Federal law officers enforced James Meredith’s entry into a forcibly desegregated Mississippi university
  • Assault on a black motorist, Rodney King, by white police
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