Truman's civil rights policy

How many black people move up north in the 1950s?

1.1 million

In the 1940s, how many black southerners moved up North?

1.4 million

How much of the black population voted in Georgia's 1946 gubernatorial election?

1/5

What did membership of the NAACP rise from post-WW2?

From 50,000 to 450,000

Why was Truman's address of the NAACP at the Lincoln Memorial in June 1947, in which he said the federal government should have a role in civil rights, historic?

He was the first President to address the NAACP

In which case did the Supreme Court rule segregation in railway dining cars to be unconstitutional, in 1950?

Henderson v. U.S.

What ensured de jure segregation in the South?

Jim Crow laws

What was the 2-week bus journey in 1947 that tested the Supreme Court's Morgan v. Virginia ruling called?

Journey of Reconciliation

When did Truman issue two executive orders that established a Fair Employment Board and desegregated the army?

July 26th 1948

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that George McLaurin could attend the University of Oklahoma for a PhD but must be segregated from other students, in 1950?

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State

Which June 1946 court case ruled segregation on buses illegal?

Morgan v. Virginia

Which group did Malcolm X join while serving time for burglary in 1948?

Nation of Islam

What did Rosa Parks have to do to register to vote in 1945, after passing ridiculous literacy tests?

Pay a poll tax of $16.50

Which 1896 Supreme Court ruling was challenged by cases such as Sweatt v. Painter?

Plessy v. Ferguson

In which areas were black activists increasingly active in?

Savannah, Atlanta, Mississippi and Louisiana

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that estate agents could no longer refuse to show or sell houses to black clients if there was a 'restrictive covenant' on the house, in 1948?

Shelley v. Kraemer

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that Heman Marion Sweatt, a black man, should be allowed to attend the University of Texas Law School despite the fact that State law restricted access to the university to whites, in 1950?

Sweatt v. Painter

Which group still thrived in Southern farming areas?

The KKK

Why did Truman feel civil rights needed attention after winning WW2?

The US had been fighting intolerance in the war

What were more conservative Democrats who typically opposed civil rights known as?

Dixiecrats

What did Truman create on December 5th, 1946, after a wave of violence against African-Americans?

A presidential committee on Civil Rights

Who were the black Representatives in the House of Reps in 1945?

Adam Clayton Powell for Harlem and William Dawson for a Chicago ghetto

Why did black people move north?

Better opportunities, less racism and they could vote there

What were the NAACP keen to challenge in court?

The idea of "separate but equal"

What was the report published by the Civil Rights committee called, that called for military desegregation, federal legislation to punish lynching, the abolition of segregation on transport, a permanent FEPC and secured voting rights? When was it published?

To Secure These Rights, October 29th 1947