Advancement Of Colored People Research Paper
Jan 2011
9 To what extent was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57?
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The question is focused on the success of the civil rights movement in the years 1945-57, and the significance of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in contributing to that success. In considering the given factor, candidates may refer to the fact that the NAACP was an established body that had been working for civil rights since the early 1900s. In the early post-1945 years it was involved in both economic boycotts and in attacking the principle of separate but equal established by Plessy v Ferguson …show more content…
Answers may refer to the intervention of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1963 they were prominent in supporting Bull Connor in Birmingham, and in September were responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Freedom Riders were attacked, and Klansmen murdered three civil rights activists in Mississippi. Kennedy was slow in helping African Americans because he feared a political backlash; and both Johnson and Congress turned against King because of the latter’s opposition to the Vietnam war. Candidates may also refer to the failure of King’s campaign in Albany in 1961-62, which was marred by violence and bad publicity; and to the impact of the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965. The SCLC failed to make headway in Chicago in 1966, partly through bad organisation, and partly because they were outwitted by Mayor Daley. The emergence of Malcolm X, Black Power and the Black Panthers split the movement and alienated many sympathetic white people. A simple description of some aspects of opposition to civil rights will be marked in Level 1 or 2, and progression will depend on the relevance and range of material offered. At Level 3 will be answers which begin to address the importance of those forces opposed to civil rights, but which may include significant descriptive or narrative material. At Level 4 candidates will offer reasonable range and depth of accurate and appropriate material and will address a number of factors which explain the changing effectiveness of the movement during the 1960s. At Level 5 will be those who can offer some evaluation of the relative significance of a number of factors, and who draw clear and developed
9 To what extent was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) responsible for the successes of the civil rights campaign in the years 1945–57?
Indicative content
The question is focused on the success of the civil rights movement in the years 1945-57, and the significance of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in contributing to that success. In considering the given factor, candidates may refer to the fact that the NAACP was an established body that had been working for civil rights since the early 1900s. In the early post-1945 years it was involved in both economic boycotts and in attacking the principle of separate but equal established by Plessy v Ferguson …show more content…
Answers may refer to the intervention of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1963 they were prominent in supporting Bull Connor in Birmingham, and in September were responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Freedom Riders were attacked, and Klansmen murdered three civil rights activists in Mississippi. Kennedy was slow in helping African Americans because he feared a political backlash; and both Johnson and Congress turned against King because of the latter’s opposition to the Vietnam war. Candidates may also refer to the failure of King’s campaign in Albany in 1961-62, which was marred by violence and bad publicity; and to the impact of the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965. The SCLC failed to make headway in Chicago in 1966, partly through bad organisation, and partly because they were outwitted by Mayor Daley. The emergence of Malcolm X, Black Power and the Black Panthers split the movement and alienated many sympathetic white people. A simple description of some aspects of opposition to civil rights will be marked in Level 1 or 2, and progression will depend on the relevance and range of material offered. At Level 3 will be answers which begin to address the importance of those forces opposed to civil rights, but which may include significant descriptive or narrative material. At Level 4 candidates will offer reasonable range and depth of accurate and appropriate material and will address a number of factors which explain the changing effectiveness of the movement during the 1960s. At Level 5 will be those who can offer some evaluation of the relative significance of a number of factors, and who draw clear and developed