The NAACP's education campaigns

In what year was the court case Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka?

1954

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What did the Brown II case rule concerning desegregation in education?

It should occur 'with all deliberate speed'

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What was the name of the fourteen year old boy murdered in 1955?

Emmett Till

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What was the name given to the document signed by 100 southern congressmen calling for 'massive resistance' against desegregation?

Southern manifesto

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When did Eisenhower become president?

1953

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What was Eisenhower's response to the Brown decisions?

He refused to publicly endorse them

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What was the problem with the Brown II ruling?

It failed to establish a time table for change

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By 1957 what percentage of black students in the southern states remained in segregated schools?

97%

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What did the Brown II case rule concerning desegregation in education?

It should occur 'with all deliberate speed'

What was the name of the fourteen year old boy murdered in 1955?

What was the name given to the document signed by 100 southern congressmen calling for 'massive resistance' against desegregation?

When did Eisenhower become president?

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