HIST 2061 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Emmett Till, Southern Manifesto, Citizens' Councils
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Road to brown v. board of education: 1 naacp- legal defense & educational fund (ldef) & shift in civil rights. Bye baby to the white store owner: kidnapping & murder at the tallachatchie river, bryant"s husband and brother in law abduct till from his home with. 8 others and torture him, then shoot him in the head: acquittal & confession, acquits bryant"s husband and brother in law. They are so confident they sell their confession to a magazine called look : mamie bradley and funeral as protest, the funeral is a open casket funeral and she later tours the country talking about southern violence. Indictments of king & 100 other activists: bayard rustin (gay)- comes to montgomery and becomes one of kings most trusted advisors. He is not the face because he is a gay man. In friendship (stanley levinson & ella baker) ii: king gets help from stanley levinson who is a lawyer and ella.
