NAACP

NAACP: formed, campaigns

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What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
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When was it formed?
1909
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1946: Morgan vs Virginia was about...
Segregation on interstate buses
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How much was Irene Morgan fined for?
$100
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For...
Refusing to give up her seat to a white man
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Picketing in 1947 at New Orleans department store to protest against...
Black people not allowed to try on hats
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...and picketing in 1951 to protest at...
The all black school closing for summer so the children could go work in the cotton fields
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Successful?
Yes, the Supreme Court made the Uni accept him
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1954: Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka was about...
Younger student education segregation
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Who was Brown?
Oliver Brown, daughter: Linda Brown
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Why did he take the case to court with the help of NAACP?
He argued that Texas had failed to provide adequate education for his daughter as she was forced to attend an all black school 20 blocks away
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Was he successful?
Yes, after 3 years
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They wanted a timetable of when the Southern States schools were going to be integrated. What did the Supreme Court respond with?
'It must happen with all deliberate speed'
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Who was Thurgood Marshall?
NAACP's main lawyer
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