Truman - Civil Rights

Where did Truman grow up

Missouri

When was Plessy Vs Ferguson

1892

What event caused the case of Plessy Vs Ferguson

Homer Plessy refused to sit in a train car intended for black people

What was the outcome of Plessy vs Ferguson

Supreme Court ruled that making a legal distinction between races was NOT unconstitutional

At the start of the war what was the only branch to accept black draftees

Army

What percentage of a white teachers salary would a black teacher receive

50%

In what year was the white primary outlawed

1949

By 1947 how many black people were registered to vote

12%

Which US state had a black member of congress

New York

In 1946 how many members of the KKK marched to the Lincoln memorial in Washington

15,000

What was the Great Migration

Movement of black communities from the south to the north

Who was Thurgood Marshall

A prominent lawyer for the NAACP

When was “To Secure These Rights” released

1947

What was “To Secure These Rights”

Scathing attack on discrimination

What was ghettoisation

White families moved to the suburbs, appalling housing conditions led to de facto segregation in the north

What was the Journey of Reconciliation

A group of white and black men travelled through several states to attempt to end segregation in interstate travel

What laws enabled the south to continue segregation

Jim Crow laws

What did Truman establish in 1946

The presidents committee on civil rights

Why was the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights a failure

No legislation followed

What did Morgan v. Virginia declare

Segregation on interstate bus travel was unconstitutional

What did executive order 9981 do

Desegregated the US armed forces

What did executive order 9980 do

Desegregated the federal offices

What does CORE stand for

Congress of Racial Equality

What did “To Secure These Rights” call for

Anti lynching legislation, voting rights laws, fair employment practices commission