Eisenhower African-Americans

Question 1

What two events inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 1

The baton rouge bus boycott in 1953
The murder of Emmett Till

Question 2

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 2

.Dec 1st 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
.Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) formed Dec 5th
.Lasted 381 days, ending on 20th Dec 1956
.Bus companies were losing $3000 a day
.Browder V. Gale declared segregation on buses illegal in Alabama

Question 3

What organisation did Martin Luther King found after the boycott?

Answer 3

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

Question 4

Brown Vs Board of education

Answer 4

1954- Supreme Court made unanimous decision that schools should be desegregated

Question 5

Brown II

Answer 5

Chief Justice Warren confirmed the ruling, saying that schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”

Question 6

Little Rock Nine

Answer 6

1957- tested Brown V Board, 9 students sent into segregated school, Orval Faubus used National Guard to prevent them entering the school. Eisenhower sent 101st airborne. As a result 4 school shut and this became known as the ‘lost year’