Civil Rights 1945-68 EXTRA

By bs11493715, May 2011

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Why did Truman fail to implement 1947 reccomendations?	Democratic party national convention later in 1948
What war affected Earl Warrens liberalism	Cold war and the American hypocrisies of that
Which acts did Eisenhower bring in	1957 and 1960 Civil Rights act ---> Civil Rights Commission
Who was mayor of chicago	Richard Daley
Meredith March	1966, meredith shot. SNCC and CORE began to chant - 'black power', Carmichaels leadership meant radical
Riots where and when part of Black power	Between 1965-68 in Watts, Chicago/San Francisco, NYC/Newark, Detroit/Baltimore, W.D.C violent riots. 118 died $200m property damaged
What report of when about rioting	Kerner Report of 1967 said it was due to socio-economic problems and police brutality
How many black panthers dead by when	27 by late 1960's from police battles
Poverty in blacks late 60's	In 1965 43% below poverty line by 1968 only 23%
Mississipi black voters in 60's	Increase from 6% in 1964 to 59% in 1968 and in south from 1m to 3.1m

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