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Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist
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African Americans in the 19th Century
Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks.

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Campaigns 1960-1966

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The Early 20th Century

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Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights post 1945.

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Greensboro 1960 - w, w, w, w, o/s? Freedom Rides 1961 - w, w, w, w, o/s? James Meredith 1961 Albany 1961-62 - w, w, w, w, o/s? Birmingham 1963 - w, w, w, w, o/s? Washington 1963 - w, w, w, w, o/s? Civil Rights Act 1964 - strengths
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King involved. 1956 Supreme Court declares segregation on buses unconstitutional. 1957 Desegregation controversy at Little Rock, Arkansas. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed. 1958 Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional (COOPER v. AARON). 1960 Anti-segregation Sit-ins begin in the South—Greensboro

Eisenhower Republican 1953-61

1961 Anti-segregation Freedom Riders travel the South. James Farmer of CORE. Albany Movement. Clever police chief, Laurie Pritchett. 1962 University of Mississippi enrolment crisis. James Meredith. Non-discriminatory federal housing. 1963 Kennedy’s Civil Rights bill. Birmingham riots. March on Washington. 1964-8 Annual riots in black ghettos. 1964 Civil Rights Act pushed through by LBJ.

Kennedy Democrat 1961-63

1965 Selma voter registration crisis: Selma to Montgomery march. Voting Rights Act. Watts (black Los Angeles ghetto) riots. Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and is killed by Nation of Islam gunmen. 1966 Stokely Carmichael calls for ‘black power’ on the Meredith March. (Mississippi). King focuses on ghettos in the North. Black Panther Party established in Oakland. 1967 Northern ghetto race riots. 1967-8 Black Panthers successfully targeted by police and FBI. 1968 Martin Luther King assassinated. Civil Rights Act.

Johnson Democrat 1963-69

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All helped advance of African Americans as by desegregating the army… Appointing black judges helped as… limited – FEPC closed, ‘Secure these right’ unsuccessful, even supportive president is limited but more of a help.

Eisenhower
Eisenhower - Helped – Little Rock - used Federal troops to uphold Brown Ruling. Government will step in even if reluctant. Helped - encourages African Americans elsewhere to attend desegregated school so better & equal facilities lead to long-term university & better employment opportunities … Limited – Little Rock – slow, ignores real issue, did not condemn white violence. Till & Lucy - ignores both.

Supreme Court
Helped – Brown landmark victory that ended legalised discrimination in schools. Helped - Supreme Court on side, segregation damaging & if wrong in this area… Helped - better education will lead to future leaders and so further campaigning seen through emerging student movement of 1960’s. Helped - NAACP long campaign paid off. Limited – Slow to change, courts not enough, Brown ll. Montgomery – Browder V’s Gayle - helped – campaigns work, inspire others, King emerges. Limited - long time to break down hatred, desegregation still

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