Progress in civil rights, 1960-62 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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1956 Supreme Court ruling on state transport
1956 Supreme Court ruling on state transport
Must end segregation
Bus facilities still segregated after 1956 ruling
Bus facilities still segregated after 1956 ruling
Toilets & waiting rooms
Dec 1960 Supreme Court order
Dec 1960 Supreme Court order
Desegregate bus station facilities
CORE's strategy in early 1960s
CORE's strategy in early 1960s
Direct action campaigns to test desegregation
Freedom Riders campaign start date
Freedom Riders campaign start date
May 4, 1961
Number of initial Freedom Riders
Number of initial Freedom Riders
Thirteen (black & white Americans)
Anniston bus attack date & perpetrators
Anniston bus attack date & perpetrators
May 14, 1961 - KKK (over 100 members)
SNCC response on May 17, 1961
SNCC response on May 17, 1961
10 new riders Nashville to Birmingham
Total Freedom Rides in summer 1961
Total Freedom Rides in summer 1961
60
Freedom Riders jailed in 1961
Freedom Riders jailed in 1961
Over 300
Federal intervention threat date
Federal intervention threat date
November 1, 1961
James Meredith's target university
James Meredith's target university
University of Mississippi
Organisation that supported Meredith legally
Organisation that supported Meredith legally
NAACP
Segregationists attacking Meredith, Sept 30, 1962
Segregationists attacking Meredith, Sept 30, 1962
Approximately 3,000
Meredith's registration date
Meredith's registration date
October 1, 1962