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Civil Rights in the USA
Direct Action, 1909-1953 - Coggle Diagram
Civil Rights in the USA
Direct Action, 1909-1953
NAACP
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Early Court Cases, 1944-45
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Morgan v. Virginia, 1946
In 1944, Irene Morgan was fined $100 for refusing to give up her seat on an interstate bus to a white man
With backing of NAACP chief lawyer, Thurgood Marshall, they took her case to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court ruling: 1946, segregation on interstate buses was illegal
Methods
Boycott
Louisiana, Baton Rough bus boycott, 1953
Week long bus boycott organised by UDL
Boycott accompanied by 'Operation Free Lift' Over 100 private cars used to carpool citizens all over the city
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Timeline
1909 - NAACP founded
1940-57 - CNO Voter registration campaigns in Arkansas
1944 - Smith v. Allwright
1946 - Morgan v. Virginia
1947 - NAACP boycott of New Orleans department stores & Journey of Reconciliation organised by CORE
1951 - NAACP protest over school closures in Louisiana
1953 - NAACP boycott a segregated school in Laffayette & Baton Rouge bus boycott organised by UDL
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