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how many lynchings were there between 1915-1930
65 white men and 579 blacks
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what the estimated membership of KKK 1925
3-8million
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what was executive order 8802
order by FDR banning racial discrimination in the defence industry
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birmingham, alabama had how many communist ans NAACP members in 1930's?
6 naacp and over 3,000 communists
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what was the resettlement administration?
set up by executive order 7027 1935 it resettled low-incomem families in new housing and to lend money where needed
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what petition was signed in 1939 and by how many?
federal help to move back to africa signed by 2 million
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when did the japenese bomb pearl harbour?
7th decemeber 1941
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why did randolph threaten to march on washington 1941?
if roosevelt did not ban discrimination in army and defence factories
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was executive order 8802 successful?
little bit, 1942 3% defence wokers black, rose to 8% 1944
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what did truman set up in 1946
presidents committee on civil rights
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when did truman issue executive orders desegregating the military and all work done by businesses for the government
1948
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by 1946 how many members did the NAACP have?
600,000
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what did murray v maryland 1936 establish?
university of maryland's law school desegregated
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what case ordered the university of missouri to take black student?
1936 gaines v canada
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what year was morgan v virginia and what did it establish
1946, overturned law on segregating buses and trains moving from one state to another
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what year was Shelley v Kraemer
1948
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what case was in 1954
brown v board
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what did this ruling spur?
formation of the white citizens council
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when was the national committee against discrimination in housing set up
1950
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when was the silent protest parade?
28th june 1917, 10,000 marched
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when and where did CORE hold a series of sit0ins? (hint - 3 places)
chicago 1942, St Louis 1949 and Baltimore 1952
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when was the journey of reconcilliation and what groups did it involve
1947 when CORE joined with fellowship of reconcilliation
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when did the montgomery bus boycott start and end?
5th decemeber 1955 and ended 21 december 1956
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when did the supreme court rule bus segregation unconstitutional?
13th november 1956
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when was the SCLC set up?
1957
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what year was little rock?
1957
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what was the result of the little rock campaign?
central high school was eventually intergrated
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what began on the 1st february 1960
greensboro sit in
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when and where was SNCC set up?
rayleigh 15th april 1960
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what year did the freedom rides take place and which groups were involved?
1961, coordinated by CORE and SNCC
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When was birmingham?
1963
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when did Kennedy send in troops to restore order?
12th may 1963
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after birmingham how many thought race was the USA's most pressing issue?
42% (only 4% thought this in 1962)
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when was the march on washington?
august 1963
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freedom summer 1964 how many blacks actually managed to vote?
1600 out of 17,000
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who set up lowndes county freedom organisation and in what year?
Carmicheal in 1965
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what year was the march against fear and who led it?
1966 led by Meredith
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when were the black panthers set up?
1966
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how much federal govt aid did the watts district in LA get after riots?
$18million
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how many major riots were there in summer 1966
20
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when was king assasinated and on what campaign?
4th april 1968 whilst supporting memphis sanitation workers
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when was the civil rights act passed?
1964
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what was passed 1965
voting rights act
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what did kennedys executive order 1106 in 1962 do?
ban discrimination in allocation of federal housing
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when was the emergency school aid act?
21st may 1970
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what did the swann v charlotte mecklenburg case of 1971 uphold?
policy of busing students out of poor areas and to desegregated schools
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how many black americans were registered to vote in 1980?
60%
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