Ms studies Unit 4 focus questions

What was Medgar Evers effect on voting numbers in Mississippi?

Accordingly, in the summer of 1946, along with his brother, Charles, and several other black veterans, Evers registered to vote at the Decatur city hall. But on election day, the veterans were prevented by angry whites from casting their ballots. The experience only deepened Evers's conviction that the status quo in Mississippi had to change.

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education? How was integration accepted into Mississippi?

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.

How did James Meredith effect the Civil Rights Movement?

James Howard Meredith was the first african american to enroll in ole miss.

What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson? Would a white Mississippian most likely support Plessy v. Ferguson or Brown v. Board of Education and why?

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality - a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". They would like the brown vs education because they wanted their kids separated from blacks even in school

What does SNCC stand for?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

What was their goal during the Civil Rights Movement

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the major American Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s. It emerged from the first wave of student sit-ins and formed at a May 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University.

What was the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party created in 1964 as a branch of the populist Freedom Democratic organization in the state of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.

What was the Sovereignty Commission's primary goal in Mississippi?

The stated objective of the commission was to "[...] protect the sovereignty of the state of Mississippi, and her sister states" from "encroachment thereon by the Federal Government". It coordinated activities to portray the state and racial segregation in a more positive light.

Why was Emmett Till murdered?

While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. De facto segregation. descrimination