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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Coggle Diagram
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Desegregating the South (schools): 1954 Brown vs Board of Education
Organisation:NAACP
Form of protest/action?
COURT CASE/LEGAL
Result:
legally ended racial segregation in schools
major victory for the civil rights movement (long term)
What does Little Rock 1957 show?
-some southern states ignored the ruling
-the strength of racism in the south
-NAACP wouldn’t give up
-the federal govt. asserted its authority
Desegregating the South (transport):Montgomery Bus Boycott 1956/7
Organisation:grass roots/ montgomery improvements association
Form of protest
-economic protest
-legal
Result:
-bus segregation was made illegal
-M.L.K was introduced to the world
Desegregating the South: Sit-ins 1960 onwards
Organisation:S.N.C.C
Form of protest
non-violent direct action
Result:
-attention to lack of progress that had been made
-put more pressure on federal govt. to deliver on civil rights
Desegregating the South (transport):Freedom Rides 1961
Organisation:C.O.R.E/M.L.K
Form of protest
non-violent direct action
Result:
-attention to lack of progress that had been made
-band segregation facilities on interstate transport
Desegregating the South: March on Washington 1963
Organisation:S.C.L.C
Form of protest
-non-violent direct action(marches & speeches)
-largest in USA history
Result:
-turning point in the civil rights movement
-put more pressure on federal govt. to pass on J.F.Ks civil rights bill
-less than a year after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law
Voting Rights in the South: Selma 1965
Organisation:M.L.K/S.C.L.C
Form of protest
-non-violent direct action -marches(bloody sunday)
Result:
-passed the Voting Rights Act