Civil rights in the 1950s

• Who was Emmit Till?

  Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi on August 28 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. (lynched).
• Who were the NAACP?

  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A group founded by white and black activists in 1908. They desegregated the military in the 1930s.
• Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955?

  Martin Luther King Jr.
• What were the social impact on Black Americans in the 1950s?

  26% less likely to finish High school.

  12 times to vote than white American people.

  They would die 7 years younger.

  Earn 19,000 dollars less than the white.
• What was the Plessy vs Ferguson case?

  Legal case that upheld racial segregation and the "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States. 1896.
• What happened with Rosa Parks?

  In December, she refused to give away her seat to a white man and was put on trial for that.
• When was the Montgomery bus boycott?

  1955.
• What happened during the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955?

  The NAACP started the boycott with MLK. The company lost 78% of its customers for 381 days. By 1956, all busses were fully integrated.
• What is the KKK?

  White supremacist hate group.
• What did the KKK do as a result of the Montgomery bus boycott?

  Intimidation and they burned black churches and houses in 1957.
• What was the background of Brown vs Topeka?

  Linda Brown denied access to a white school 5 blocks away. She had to walk 41 blocks to a black school. This was due to the Plessy vs Ferguson case.
• Who did Oliver Brown appoint during the Brown vs Topeka case?

  Thurgood Marshall from the NAACP.
• What happened in the Brown vs Topeka case?

  Segregation in public schools was ruled unconstitutional. They won 9-0. But there was no deadline and many of the southern states ignored that rule.
• When was Little Rock 9?

  1957.
• What happened in Little Rock 9?

  9 black students went to Little Rock High School (white) and faced many racist insults from white students. President Eisenhower sent Federal guards to protect the students.