Unit 2

• From 1915-30 how many black men were lynched?

  579
• What was KKK membership 1925?

  3-8m
• How many people migrated from the south in 1910-70?

  6m
• How many B.A got jobs through the new deal?

  1m
• What % of defence workers were black in 1942 and 1944?

  1942: 3%

  1944: 8%
• In 1943, how many race riots were there?

  250
• How many Supreme court cases did Thurgood Marshall win?

  29
• 10 years after Brown v Board, how many black children were in an integrated school in the south? 


  1 in 100
• How many members did the white citizens council have in 1956?

  250,000
• What % of the black community in Montgomery boycotted the buses and for how long?

  90% for 380 days
• What number did the Greensboro sitins grow to?

  50,000
• In Birmingham, how many people were attacked by police ?

  6000
• What % of Americans believed race was the most pressing problem before and after Birmingham?

  Before: 4%

  After: 42%
• Of the 17,000 black people registered to vote due to freedom summer, how many succeeded?

  1,600
• How many ghettos erupted in rage due to MLK's death in 1968?

  125
• How many members did the black panthers have?


  No more than 5000
• How much of the black vote did Nixon get?

  Under 5%
• What was living standards for native Americans like?

  • Unemployment 10x national rate
  • Life expectancy 20 years lower
  • Suicide rate 100x higher
• In 1977 polls what % if people believed in equal rights for homosexuals?

  50%