Background to Racial Conflict - Jim Crow and early racism (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Main goals of Civil Rights Movement
Main goals of Civil Rights Movement
End legalised racial discrimination, disenfranchisement, segregation
When Civil Rights Movement gained momentum
When Civil Rights Movement gained momentum
Mid-20th century
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments' purposes
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments' purposes
Abolished slavery, granted citizenship, protected voting rights
Jim Crow laws definition
Jim Crow laws definition
State/local laws legalising racial segregation
Year Jim Crow laws ended
Year Jim Crow laws ended
1965
Great Migration period
Great Migration period
1916-1970
NAACP founding year
NAACP founding year
1909
Brown v. Board of Education year
Brown v. Board of Education year
1954
Brown v. Board ruling
Brown v. Board ruling
School segregation unconstitutional
Montgomery Bus Boycott timeframe
Montgomery Bus Boycott timeframe
1955-1956
Plessy v. Ferguson year
Plessy v. Ferguson year
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine upheld
Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine upheld
Separate but equal
3 voting restrictions under Jim Crow
3 voting restrictions under Jim Crow
Literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses
Browder v. Gayle (1956) outcome
Browder v. Gayle (1956) outcome
Bus segregation unconstitutional
Loving v. Virginia (1967) outcome
Loving v. Virginia (1967) outcome
Struck down interracial marriage bans