What did Sweatt vs Painter tackle.
what happened
When
Black University Education
- Hermann sweatt refused from UT white law scl and they made a black school equivalent
1950
What did Brown Vs Board Of Education Of Topeka tackle.
When
High school for blacks being fair in spending
1954
What did Morgan Vs Virginia tackle.
When
Separate seating in inter state buses and fines for non compliance
1946
What did Smith VS Allwright tackle.
When
Make voting more fair - texas general elections
1944
What do all 4 cases unpick when looking at legal change in the 1940s and 1950s
When was this
What did it do
Plessy vs Fergason
1846
Seperate but equal services/ facilities
What does De Facto mean
What does De Jure mean
The reality of how the law has happened
The law - what should happen
What is an example of Direct action of Legal Reform in the 1940s
When
Journey of Reconciliation
1947
When was Executive order 9981
What did it do
1948
Desegragation in the military and guaranteed equal treatment/opertunity
When was desegregation in military actually achieved
How much less likely were blacks to be officers in army than whites
Where was it worse
1960s
10x
Navy
What was Executive order 9980
When was it
Guarentees no discrimination by federal civil service
1948
What did black unemplyment fall from and to in 1940-1945
937,000 to 151,000
Why were services more segragated
urbanisation - up to 13% black in some areas
What was the pay difference between whites and blacks
47 cents and hour to 65 cents an hour
1 white doctors for how many white people
1 black doctor for how many black people
750
3377
When was the executive order 10308
What did it do
Did it work/why
1951
Ban giving government contracts to companies discriminating against blacks
No lots still got contracts
What did the FHA do
built houses in deprived areas
and refused loans to segregated housing developments
Why was the FHA not helpful for black people
Removed low quality homes which made black people not be able to afford housing
What happned for the first time in 1949
Inorgaration ceremany had non segregated seating
What 2 black people were given important roles
What roles
Ralph Bunche - US embassador
William hastie - federal judge
How many lynichings happened in texas from 1882 to 1945
How many in 1946
300
6
How did police treat black suspected criminals/convicts
tortured/bullwhipped
What effected voting rights for Black people
What % of Blacks voted in southern states 1944
only tax payers can vote
18%
What act made all 4 cases unconstitutional
14th ammendment
What did Smith vs Allwright apply to
all states in USA