Montgomery Bus Boycott
In December 1955, Rosa Parks caught the bus in Montgomery. She refused to give up her seat for a white man and was arrested. She was an...
Education
Brown vs Topeka/Board of Education-1954 Linda Brown was refused entry to the white school as she had to walk several miles to attend her...
How far do you agree that the New Deal was the most significant strategy towards the Civil Rights Mo
The New Deal was a scheme devised by President Roosevelt to tackle the economic depression of 1929. Previously, in the 1890s, cases had...
Possible Essays and plans
‘The decisions of the Supreme Court were the most important influence on the development of civil rights for African Americans in the...
The Second World War
Blacks Americans had sacrificed their blood on the battlefields of every American war since the revolution, but it had still not brought...
The Alphabet Agencies
AAA: Tackle issues with agriculture. Overproduction was the biggest problem/ Reduce everything and get money from the government Lose of...
The Harlem Renaissance
1920s-1930s-The Harlem Renaissance Alan Locke (1926) 'Negro seizing its first chance for group expression and self determination' . Three...
The Great Migration
1910-1970: over 6 million migrated. 1910: 89% of black Americans lived in the South. 1970: The figure was only 53% PUSH FACTORS:...
How were black Southerners disfranchised?
Voting was important to the blacks. If they had have been allowed to vote, they could voted for someone who would have changed their...
The Struggle for Civil Rights-Key Words
Confederacy-The Southern States Lynching-Hanging from trees without trial Congress-A collection of people who pass laws Jim Crow-Laws of...
