Civil Rights (The early 1950s)

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early 1950s
- voting rights
  - black Americans were often physically stopped from voting.
  - some states such as Georgia and Virginia, passed laws making it harder for black people to vote
  - same states introduced the 'grandfather clause' were people had to prove that there ancestors had voted but it was impossible for there ancestors to vote
  - Some white employs would sack there black workers if they voted or registered to vote
- discrimination and segregation in southern states
  - Black people were seen as the inferior race by the majority of white people.
  - officials like police and judges, were often members of the klu klux klan.
  - murders of black people were common and were not properly investigated or prosecuted
  - black people were not allowed on juries
  - racist 'Jim Crow' laws were used to segregate black and white people
  - The law stated that it was legal to segregate as long as the services were 'separate but equal'
- civil rights organisation
  - NAACP (national association for the advancement of coloured people)
    - Was set up in 1909
    - They fought for civil rights using the legal system and the courts
    - They defended black people who had been unfairly convicted of crimes.
    - It focused on overturning the separate but equal rule
  - CORE (congress of racial equality)
    - It was set up in 1942.
    - They had a smaller membership than NAAC.
    - They used a non-violent direct action, they also trained local activists in these techniques.
    - They were mostly operated in northern states.
    - When the organisation was set up the members in the first few years were mostly middle class and white.

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