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10 Cards in this Set
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Why did Truman fail to implement 1947 reccomendations?
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Democratic party national convention later in 1948
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What war affected Earl Warrens liberalism
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Cold war and the American hypocrisies of that
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Which acts did Eisenhower bring in
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1957 and 1960 Civil Rights act ---> Civil Rights Commission
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Who was mayor of chicago
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Richard Daley
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Meredith March
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1966, meredith shot. SNCC and CORE began to chant - 'black power', Carmichaels leadership meant radical
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Riots where and when part of Black power
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Between 1965-68 in Watts, Chicago/San Francisco, NYC/Newark, Detroit/Baltimore, W.D.C violent riots. 118 died $200m property damaged
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What report of when about rioting
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Kerner Report of 1967 said it was due to socio-economic problems and police brutality
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How many black panthers dead by when
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27 by late 1960's from police battles
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Poverty in blacks late 60's
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In 1965 43% below poverty line by 1968 only 23%
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Mississipi black voters in 60's
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Increase from 6% in 1964 to 59% in 1968 and in south from 1m to 3.1m
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