Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Aboard the bus, Freedom Rider Jim Lawson held a workshop on tactics for the riot that might come: "If we get knocked down, I think the best bet is to stand where we are if we can-or kneel where we are." But the only man in Alabama who lifted...
It was just that sort of talk that had helped land John Patterson in his present mess and had brought federal forces into his state. If he had kept his mouth shut and accepted his responsibility to maintain law and order, the Freedom Riders would probably have passed through Alabama...
Instead, Patterson helped set off integrationist movements that last week were spreading throughout the South. In Florida, the N.A.A.C.P. ordered a segregation test of all rail and bus facilities. In New York, CORE headquarters announced that it was sending field secretaries to New Orleans, Jackson and Montgomery. In Nashville, more...
The boldness and bravery of the Freedom Riders won over most of the old-line, conservative Negro leaders, leaving only a few doubters, who were shrugged off by the students as "Uncle Toms." "These kids are serving notice on us that we're moving too slow," said Thurgood Marshall...
In 1887 the Interstate Commerce Act made it illegal for railroads to discriminate or show prejudice against passengers. But in practice, the Interstate Commerce Commission for years went on the assumption that "separate but equal" facilities fulfilled the intention of the law. In 1941 the Supreme Court specifically ruled that...