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What was faced by black Americans in early 1950s - Coggle Diagram
What was faced by black Americans in early 1950s
The Mississippi murders
The campaign in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham was targeted as it was completely segregated with some Black Americans attacked and Bull Connor being chief police thought that he could use violence against peaceful protesters.
The campaign was known as Campaign C. With sit ins, mass meetings, peaceful protests marches and boycotting of shops
Young black people were trained to march to continue the protests
The freedom riders at Anniston got beaten up by KKK members, their bus tyres were slashed and a fire bomb was thrown in through a window. The police didn't help them because of Bull Connor.
The press coverage was huge and this helped gain support for the movement and gain media attention.
They weren't allowed to go to some shops, people refused to serve them - Greensboro sit in
Organisations
White Citizens Council
Ku Klux Klan
Dixiecrats
Segregated schools
Black Americans had a lot worse school conditions than white Americans
Black children were taught by black teachers, who may not have been properly educated themselves
Black Americans and White Americans had to go to school separately
Black children would often walk past white schools to go much further to the nearest black school
Little Rock Nine
White Opposition