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RACE ISSUES IN AMERICA

THE NORTH. After 1860 many black people moved to the North where life was a little better and there was less discrimination.. There was no segregation in the north and a black middle class emerged along with a cultural renaissance.. Despite the lack of Jim Crow laws black people in the north still t

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RACE ISSUES IN AMERICA

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    1. RACE ISSUES IN AMERICA

    3. WWII

    4. Why do you think ending segregation in the American army was such an important step in achieving equality for black Americans? (remember that the President himself integrated black and white divisions)

    5. THE BROWN CASE 1954 In 1954 the NAAPC challenged local school boards (including one in Topeka Kansas) to segregate schools. On 17th May 1954 the Supreme Court decided that segregated schools were illegal under the constitution.

    6. Explain why the Brown case of 1954 was crucial to black Americans gaining equal rights? (Think about the importance of education)

    7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott 1st Dec 1955, 41 year old black woman Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man and stand at the back as was require by law. She was arrested and fined $10.

    8. LUNCH COUNTER SIT INS CORE (Central Organisation for Racial Equality) organised peaceful demonstrations which involved sitting in at Woolworths lunch counters. The lunch counters were meant to be segregated but black people and white people sat together which angered the red necks…

    9. Use this source and your own knowledge to explain attitudes to ending segregation in the South

    10. What is happening in this picture?

    11. Little Rock (Arkansas) 1957 Even though the Supreme Court ruled that black people could go to white schools, tension escalated in Little Rock in 1957. The Governor used National Guard reserve soldiers to prevent 9 black students enrolling at Little Rock High School. President Eisenhower sent 1000 US Paratroopers to protect the black students from the violent mobs for the next year. In 1957, the Civil Rights Act made discrimination illegal. (in reality Eisenhower was more concerned about how the nation was being represented abroad rather than the civil rights of the students)

    12. Highlight the main successes achieved by the black Americans in the 1950’s

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