Civil rights events
- Created by: Mahahmad12
- Created on: 05-01-24 22:02
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- Topic 2: Civil Rights
- Montgomery bus boycott: started after Rosa Parks arrest for refusing to give her seat up for a white passenger, boycott lasted for over a year
- Little Rock, Arkansas: group of AA students who integrated at an all-white school, faced intense opposition, harassments
- Greensboro’s sit in: organised by 4 AA students, they denied service but peacefully remained seated, quickly gained attention and sparked protests
- Freedom rides: to test whether bus restroom facilities had been desegregated, first 2 buses were attacked and people were beaten up at stops
- Birmingham: tactic was to get arrested and fill jails which became full, high pressure of hoses and dogs were let out on children, media covers this
- Freedom summer: wanted to encourage people to register and train them to pass voter registration tests, sent 45 volunteers, 2 disappeared and found dead, only 1,600 were accepted
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