US Black Civil Rights: Federal Gov Quiz

Year	Name	Outcome
1873		State's rights over elections increased
1890		Federal Supervision of state primaries
1896		Segregation
1898		Jim Crow Laws deemed constitutional
1899		Segregation spreads
1915		Grandfather Clauses struck down
1917		City segregation reduced
1923		Lynching, mob trials decrease
1938		Equality in segregation. Black teachers' salaries up to 80% of whites
1944		Exclusion of black voters illegal. Black voters up to 12%
1950		Knocks holes in plessy - blacks can attend white schools if no 'substantially equal' facilities nearby
1954		segregation deemed unconstitutional

Year	Name	Outcome
1957		black voting rights (ineffective short term but sets a precedent of civil rights acts)
1960		Authority of judges to protect voting rights, local records on voting rights to be maintained
1960		desegregation spreads from education
1964		stops schools closing to prevent desegregation
1964		racial discrimination and segregation illegal
1965		poll taxes and other Jim Crow laws struck down
1967		desegregation spreads from education
1968		no racial discrimination in field of housing (gradual long-term social change)
1971		Nixon's affirmative action confirmed
1974		deliberately bussing (commuting children to schools outside locality to get a better race mix) decreased
1978		affirmative action deemed as racial discrimination against whites!
1988		recipients of federal funds must comply with civil rights laws in all areas, not just in the particular program or activity that received federal funding

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