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civil rights under ike - Coggle Diagram
civil rights under ike
events
montgomery bus bycott
sit ins
Little Rock
brown vs board of education
blocks to advancement of the African American cause
segregationalists
served a long time
learned from each oyhrt
made up 20% of congress
politicians and local administrators
preferred shutting down facilities to intergration
would allow protestors to be hospitalised or die for cause
southern politicians unwilling to set a moral lead
ike not keen to pursue civil rights
Supreme Court ruling was either too narrow, vague or poorly enforced
black militancy
NAACP wasting money on court cases and being hounded
resistence to AAs voting
lessons learnt
litigation was a dead end
media friendly campaign
importance of church in civil rights campaign
need to control violence both black and white
opportunities
tv coverage of governs preventing AAs gaining their civil rights gained support in the North
unity of black communities in response to the white community in the early 60s
the president was forced to intervene