Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Race Relations (Assassination of King (Malcolm X (violent, extreme),…
Race Relations
Assassination of King
Malcolm X
violent, extreme
Black Panthers (extreme + violent)
riots around 100 cites
assassination sparked outburst of violence
35 people were killed
national mourning was called upon by LBJ
March to Montgomery
250,000 people
attacked by police
National Guard sent
March was done to let people vote
Voting Rights Act 1965
March 1965
Post WW1
Lynchings were still occuring
Brown vs Board of Education
deemed it unconstitutional to have separate schools just due to the colour of a students skin
Desegregation of the armed forces
solders came back expecting life to be improved, was not the case
Non-Violent Protests
Lunch time sit ins
started on Feb. 1st 1960 in 50 states
Freedom riders
4 black, 4 white
Virginia to Mississippi
Little Rock 9
1000 federal troops sent to Little Rock to let them go to school
troops stayed for a year
Civil Rights Act 1964
Employment Opportunity Commision
end discrimination in the workplace
March to Washington DC
250,000 people joined march
'I have a dream' speech
March used to make sure the act was put in place
Against
Bull O'Connor
Dogs + Fire Hoses used on protesters
Birmingham 1963
experienced extreme racism
book containing a black and white rabbit was banned
Church bombed killing 4 school girls
when Freedom riders went through they were attacked
Bull gave police day off
excuse was that it was mothers day
strongly believed in segregation
Police Brutality
batons used on protesters
Montgomery Bus Boycott
2 paras on this