The Universal ***** Improvement Association (UNIA)
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Why did black americans migrate north?
*Found better payed jobs *Could vote *Were unlikely to be lynched
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How many black americans obtained jobs through the New Deal?
1 million
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When did Truman set up 'A Committee on Civil Rights'?
1946
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Which law did 'Brown vs Board of Education' reverse in 1954?
Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)
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When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1955
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When was CORE established? What does it stand for?
1942. Congress of Racial Equality
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When and where did Little Rock 9 occur?
Little Rock, Akansas and in 1957.
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When and where did Greensboro occur?
Greensboro, North Carolina. 1960.
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Who made a speach at a march on Washington?
Martin Luther King made his 'I have a dream' speach at the climax of a 250,000- strong march
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What did LBJ's Civil Rights Act do?
*Set up an Equal Employment Commission *Ensured desegregation of schools *Outlawed segregation in public facilities *Strengthened black american voting rights
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Who was Malcolm X?
Malcolm X was deemed to be the most important voice of black power
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When was MLK assassinated?
April 1968, Memphis
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*Found better payed jobs *Could vote *Were unlikely to be lynched
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