NICRA Flashcards
When was NICRA set up
1967
3 leaders of NICRA
Paddy, Delvin, Eamon McCan, Michael Farrell
Members of NICRA
Nationalists
Moderate unionists
Trade unions
How did MLK influence NICRA to be created
His campaign for US civil rights gave NICRA belief that they could campaign for equality of nationalists and unionists
How did JFK influence NICRA to be created
First Roman Catholic president - gave nationalists confidence that they could change things
How did French student demonstrations in 1968 influence NICRA to be created
Gave NICRA a example of a tactic to follow
The fact that university educated nationalists how did that influence NICRA to be created
They wanted to not face job discrimination after uni and felt that the unionist party was too slow to bring change in stormont
7 NICRA aims
- end discrimination in jobs, housing, voting
- one man one vote
- fair allocation of council houses
- end gerrymandering
- end discrimination in Govt jobs
- remove B specials
- end special powers act
- establish a formal complaints procedure
Why did NICRA want one man one vote
Would stop 7 votes given to businesses which discriminated against nationalists
Why did NICRA want fair allocation of council houses
Unionists controlled most councils and so more unionists than nationalists got the houses
Why did NICRA want an end to gerrymandering
Votes were rigged/ biased against nationalists
Why did NICRA want a end to discrimination in GOVT jobs
Favourism towards Protestants / unionists in allocation of GOVTjobs
Why did NICRA want to remove the B specials
Part of RUC who discriminated against nationalists
Why did NICRA want to end the special powers act
Because the act allowed GOVT to arrest and detain people without trial and the government would be biased against nationalists
Why did NICRA want to establish a formal complaints procedure
Against local authorities to report breaches in all of their other aims
3 reasons why unionists opposed NICRA
- some felt that it was simply intending on causing trouble and was just a front for the IRA
- some believed it was only interested in Catholic rights and would undermine position of Protestants
- some, thought NICRA wanted a United ireland, thus wanting to continue the existence of NI so opposed NICRA
What was the March in August 1968 in protest of
Housing discrimination
Where was the March in August 1968
Coalisland and Dungannon
What was stormonts and the RUC’S reaction to the August 1968 March
Allowed it to go ahead