American Civil Rights Questions

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What year was Brown v Board of Education?
1954
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What happened as a result of Brown v Board of Education?
Education was fully desegregated by judicial law.
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Why was BROWN II held?
To make change happen with 'all deliberate speed'.
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Who was the first recorded person to be arrested on a bus for not moving?
Claudette Colvin
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What was the law on Montgomery City Busses in 1955?
That black people had to sit at the back of the bus and give up their seat to a white person if asked.
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The MIA helped the boycott in what way?
Set up a private taxi-car service to help blacks get around without use of city busses.
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How did Martin Luther King become involved?
The NAACP asked him for his assistance in helping organise the boycott.
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What did the blacks want from the boycott originally?
Blacks wanted a 'first come, first serve' basis on busses and to have black bus drivers.
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Why did the boycott last over a year?
Montgomery officials denied their demands and so the blacks protested for a year instead of a day.
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Why was the boycott so succesful?
Proved peaceful protests work, made businesses lose $ millions, showed that large numbers of blacks CAN make change.
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Why was it flawed?
The city law only made busses in Montgomery desegragated. Everywhere else was uneffected.
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What happened as a result of Brown v Board of Education?

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What was the law on Montgomery City Busses in 1955?

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