Laws
The 13th Amendment
What was the law that banned slavery in the USA?
Abraham Lincoln
Who issued the Emacipation Proclamation?
Money, Mississippi
Where was Emmett Till murdered?
December 1865
When was the 13th Amendment banning slavery ratified (came into law)?
4 million
How many slaves were there in the USA when the 13th Amendment came into being?
14th Amendment
Which Amendment to the Constitution of the USA gives equal rights and citizenship to former slaves?
Dwight Eisenhower
Which President sent in federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?
Birmingham, Alabama
Which city was known as the most racist city in America?
9th July 1868
When was the 14th Amendment, giving former slaves the rights of citizenship, ratified?
White Citizens Council
What was the other white supremacist group operating in Birmingham at the time of the Birmingham Campaign?
Plessy v Fergusson
Which legal case upheld segregation and the idea of "separate but equal"?
Orval Faubus
Freedom Riders
What was a group of civil rights activists who travelled through the South, protesting against illegal segregation in bus terminals, in 1961?
1896
When was Plessy v Fergusson?
over 2,500
How many people were arrested during the Birmingham Campaign?
Brown vs Board of Education
Which legal case overturned the idea of separate but equal?
KKK
Albany, Georgia
Where was the failed attempt at desegregation, the came before Birmingham, in 1961?
17th May 1954
When was Brown vs Board of Education?
Six year old.
The age at which one of MLK's white playmates told MLK that the white kid's parents wouldn't let him play with MLK anymore, because they attended separate schools.
Court Injuction for a Parade Permit Ordinance
Ralph Abernathy
Who got arrested with MLK during the Birmingham Campaign?
Harry Truman
President of the United States who supported civil rights at the 1948 Democrat Convention, leading to Bull Connor and other Southern Democrats walking out
1619
1897
What year was Bull Connor born?