Desegregation over time (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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1954 Supreme Court case ending school segregation
1954 Supreme Court case ending school segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
Year of Little Rock Nine crisis
Year of Little Rock Nine crisis
1957
President who sent troops to Little Rock
President who sent troops to Little Rock
Eisenhower
First Black student at Univ. of Mississippi (1962)
First Black student at Univ. of Mississippi (1962)
James Meredith
1961 activists challenging bus segregation
1961 activists challenging bus segregation
Freedom Riders
Year of March on Washington & 'I Have a Dream' speech
Year of March on Washington & 'I Have a Dream' speech
1963
1964 Act outlawing discrimination in public places
1964 Act outlawing discrimination in public places
Civil Rights Act
1965 Act eliminating literacy tests for voters
1965 Act eliminating literacy tests for voters
Voting Rights Act
1968 Act ensuring equal housing opportunities
1968 Act ensuring equal housing opportunities
Fair Housing Act
Doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
'separate but equal'
Reconstruction Era amendments (slavery, citizenship, voting)
Reconstruction Era amendments (slavery, citizenship, voting)
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Person whose arrest sparked Montgomery Bus Boycott
Person whose arrest sparked Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
1971 case upholding busing for school desegregation
1971 case upholding busing for school desegregation
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Attendance at 1963 March on Washington
Attendance at 1963 March on Washington
Over 250,000 people