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How far do you agree that increasing direct action was the most…
How far do you agree that increasing direct action was the most significant development bringing improvements to the civil rights of black Americans in the years 1933–80? (Total for Question 3 = 20 marks)
DISAGREE: Gov actions
Kennedy sent federal support to escort the little rock 9 to ensure that they would be able to enter the school in 1957
FDR's provisions mean that black americans were often excluded from new deal benefits because of the industries that they fell into, such as farming
executive order 8802 banned discrimination in army and defense factories, but this was rarely implemented
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Truman proposed anti-lynching bill, desgregation and fair employment laws in 1954 but couldn't get it through congress
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AGREE: Direct action
march on washington 1963- King's famous I have a dream speech,was streamed globally and gave the civil rights movement more support, eg by white people and internationally
may1941, Phillip randolph threatened a 100,000 strong all black march on washington unless roosevelt banned discrimination in the defense forces- led to executive order 8802 which achieved this and ended the march
Rising NAACP membership- in 1917-9000, 1919-90,000 +1946-600,000
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march of 10,000+ black people in new york 28/06/1917 in response to both lynching and anti-black riots in the year
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Freedom summer 1964, SNCC pushed for voter registration, sent 45 volunteers first batch sent out 20 june ndxt day 3 ppl disappeared and found dead 6 weeks later; end of summer more death and 35 shooting- 17,000 tried to register to vote only 1,600 suceeded
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