Ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
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White Citizens Council 1955
Aimed to maintain segregation and resisted integration
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Murder of Emmett Till 1955
14-year-old Emmett brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white women four days earlier
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Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955
An important incident that gave birth to a new important phase in the civil rights movement --> throwing Rosa Parks out of the bus for not standing up for a white man
Led to Browder v. Gayle 1956 ( transport segregation unconstitutional)
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Little Rock Incident 1957
Governor Faubus tried to bar 9 black children from entering little rock high school -> Eisenhower employed 10k troops to escort the children to school
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1957
MLK set up SCLC which took more of a confrontational approach on black civil rights than the NAACP
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1957/60 Civil Rights Acts
Had a weak impact on enforcing the ruling
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee 1960
Initially non-violent, later turned into violent
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Sit-ins 1960
Non-violent protest where protestors would usually seat themselves and remain seated until their requests were granted -> forced a response and increased support
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Freedom Rides 1961
CORE ordinated the event, led to the enforcement of legal orders confirming desegregation of all inter-state travel
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Desegregating Universities (1962)
1962, federal assistance is given in form of federal marshals to escort a black student James Meredith through Missippi University to become the first black student
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Birmingham, Alabama Protest April 1963
Freedom riders by SCLC -> Police chief Eugene Connor overreacted, ordered police dogs, police brutality and arrests -> led to the publicity the civil rights movement needed
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March on Washington June 1963
250,000 people marched peacefully
'I have a dream' speech
Range of civil rights groups: NAACP, SCLC, SNCC
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Civil Rights Act 1964
Done by Johnson after Kennedy assassination
- Ban on exclusion from public places and no racial, sexual, or religious discrimination on any federally aided programmes
Aimed to speed up desegregation, mixed education and voting rights
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Voting Rights Act 1965
Selma, Alabama -> similar tactic to Birmingham, led to a promise by Johnson for bill
Bill made the following conditions illegal: Proof of moral character, documentation of educational achievement, knowledge of any subject
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Black Panthers 1966
Founded by Huey Newton and Bobbly Seale
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Chicago Campaign 1966
Launched by MLK to get rid of racist housing issues -> achieved little in substance
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1968 Fair Housing Act
Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex
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Poor People's Campaign
SCLC aim to address broadly economic inequalities
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1968 Mexico Olympics
Height of black power movement - solidarity with two AA athletes raising B.P fist
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
Back
Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
Card 3
Front
Aimed to maintain segregation and resisted integration
Back
Card 4
Front
14-year-old Emmett brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white women four days earlier
Back
Card 5
Front
An important incident that gave birth to a new important phase in the civil rights movement --> throwing Rosa Parks out of the bus for not standing up for a white man
Led to Browder v. Gayle 1956 ( transport segregation unconstitutional)
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