History GCSE

Segregation

What Segregation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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The practice legally overturned in education by the unanimous Supreme Court ruling, which provided a crucial precedent for the civil rights movement.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 2 Developments in education (study guide)

The system that opposition groups sought to maintain and that White Citizens' Councils resisted desegregation of in schools and public facilities.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 4 Opposition to the civil rights movement (study guide)

The deeply humiliating system on city buses where black passengers were forced to sit at the back and yield seats to white people.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955–60 (study guide)

The physical separation of races, legally mandated in public spaces, education and transport under Jim Crow laws.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 1 The position of Black Americans in the early 1950s (study guide)

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Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 1 The position of Black Americans in the early 1950s (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 2 Developments in education (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955–60 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 4 Opposition to the civil rights movement (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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