An Assessment of the CRM (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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AA poverty rate drop 1966-1976
AA poverty rate drop 1966-1976
41.8% (1966) to 31% (1976)
AA vs white HS completion 1980
AA vs white HS completion 1980
51.4% AA vs 78% white
AA college graduates 1960 vs 1980
AA college graduates 1960 vs 1980
Less than 1% (1960) to 7.9% (1980)
Black vs white unemployment 1980s
Black vs white unemployment 1980s
Black unemployment nearly double white rates
AA incarceration 1990s
AA incarceration 1990s
Nearly 1M of 2.3M total (13% of pop.)
AA reporting discrimination 1990
AA reporting discrimination 1990
Almost 50%
Black vs white voting 1980s-1990s
Black vs white voting 1980s-1990s
Black people voted in higher proportions
2010 Gallup: CRM goals achieved?
2010 Gallup: CRM goals achieved?
21% Black vs 56% white Americans believed so
Civil Rights Act year
Civil Rights Act year
1964
Voting Rights Act year
Voting Rights Act year
1965
Brown v. Board of Education year
Brown v. Board of Education year
1954
Three key goals of CRM
Three key goals of CRM
End segregation, voting rights, economic equality
Example of 1960s urban unrest
Example of 1960s urban unrest
Watts Riots
Historical legacy affecting race relations post-1945
Historical legacy affecting race relations post-1945
Slavery and Jim Crow laws