1777-1783 - North becomes more industrialised and urbanised

Timeline:

1777-1783 - North becomes more industrialised and urbanised 1861 - Civil war started 1863 - Abraham Lincoln signed proclamation freeing slaves 1865 - KKK formed Jim Crow laws North wins civil war Slavery abolished 1909 - NAACP formed 1942 - CORE formed 1954 - Govt ruled against public separation ​ Brown vs board of education 1955 - Rosa Parks arrested ​ Montgomery bus boycotts 1956 - Supreme court outlawed bus segregation 1957 - SCLC formed ​ Little Rock desegregation 1960 - Greensboro sit-in ​ SNCC formed 1961 - Freedom rides 1963 - Birmingham march Washington march President Kennedy assassinated 1964 - Freedom summer ​ Civil rights act 1965 - Selma to Montgomery march ​ Voting rights act LA riots (until 67) 1967 - Detroit riots 1968 - Dr King assassinated

Context:

CRM wanted integration and was NON-VIOLENT Civil society - ordinary people, groups separate from the state Movement - aims to influence and change attitudes of ppl & govt about an issue Human rights - universal, rights of every single human being Civil rights - dependent on country, rights of individual citizens

Federalism -​Each state has a right to govern itself -​Federal government in Washington DC (1) -​Supreme court (2) -​Each state has own government (3) Therefore, even though segregation was outlawed by the federal government, the individual states delayed implementing desegregation

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