Introduction & The long-term historical context
Development of slave based economy
Slavery, abolition, segregation etc up to WW2
Shorter term historical context
Broad understanding of the historical context of racial segregation in the United States after WW2
Attitudes on both sides of the racial divide
Factors leading to pressure for change in the legal and social position of African-Americans by the early 1950s
Development of Civil Rights Movement in 1950s
The flow chart below provides a useful overview of the Civil Rights Movement between 1954-68
The position of African-Americans in US society in 1950
Discrimination against African-Americans including segregation and education and lack of political rights, especially in the south
The role and influence of the NAACP, the Supreme Court and President
Eisenhower in achieving desegregation in education, 1954
Non-violent protests including the Montgomery Bus Boycott
PROGRESS TOWARDS CIVIL RIGHTS 1960-64
The growing influence of Martin Luther King and the SNCC
Why was this comic book published?
Attitudes of, and actions by, the Kennedy administration
Freedom riders and sit-ins
Sit-ins and counter protesters
Supreme Court support for civil rights
The role of President Johnson in passing the Civil Rights Bill
Opposition to Civil Rights 1950–1964
The Southern manifesto
What is the message of this cartoon?
The re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan
The attitudes of the Democratic Party in the South
Racist attitudes and reactions against African-Americans in the North and South
Growth of Radicalism among African-Americans 1964-68
The emergence of radical Black Power movements in the North
Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael and their influence on the Civil Rights Movement
Urban Riots including Watts and Detroit and the role of the media
The significance of the death of Martin Luther King
The extent to which African-Americans had achieved equality by 1968
Revision
- Flash cards
- Chronology
- Key Figures
- Past Papers
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