Dates Flashcards
When were Jim Crowe laws implemented?
1876-1965.
When was the KKK founded?
1866.
When did lynching come to an end?
1952.
When were over 40 homes bombed in Atlanta?
1951-2.
When was a bombing of a Baptist church in Birmingham?
1963.
When was Medgar Evers killed?
1963.
When was the murder of 3 civil rights workers?
1964.
When was the separate but equal law ruled?
1896.
When did the supreme court decide that segregation in schools?
17th May 1954.
When did membership of the KKK rise dramatically?
1955.
When was the southern manifesto issued?
March 1956.
When were elementary school sorted by area rather than colour?
January 1956.
When was Rosa Parks arrested for breaking the bus segregation law?
December 1st 1955.
When was King arrested?
January 1956.
How many blacks refused to use the bus service?
17,000.
When was bus segregation made illegal?
20th December 1956.
When did 2 federal judges rule that segregation was unconstitutional?
June 1956.
When was segregation announced illegal in schools?
1954.
When did the Arkansas press try to force desegregation?
1957.
When did the students get into the school?
Monday 23rd September.
When did CORE organise the freedom rides for?
1961.
When did the Freedom rides start?
May 4th 1961.
When did the riders have to fly to New Orleans?
15th May.
When did the riders get arrested and taken 150 miles from Birmingham?
17th May.