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GCSE History · key term
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organisation that supported legal challenges to racial discrimination.
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Paper 3
Revise: Developments in EducationLinda Brown, a Black child in Topeka, Kansas, had to travel to a Black school despite a nearer school being reserved for White children. Her family's challenge to the Topeka Board of Education received support from the NAACP. Taking the dispute through the courts offered a way to challenge the legal foundation of segregated education, rather than changing just one school's admissions policy.
Paper 1
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organisation which campaigned against racial discrimination and for equal rights.
Revise: Intolerance and the Fight for Civil RightsThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, challenged racial discrimination and sought equal rights for Black Americans. W. E.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: a civil rights organisation whose legal challenges helped overturn racial segregation.
Compare the NAACP’s pursuit of equal rights within the USA with Garvey’s emphasis on Black independence and a homeland in Africa.
Distinguish the organisations: the NAACP used legal challenges; the SCLC organised mass non-violent campaigns; SNCC mobilised student activists. Their methods complemented one another.
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