IEB Matric 2019 History
Notes
Theme 3:
Civil Society
Protests
USA
Timeline
Taneil Thompson
, Taneil Thompson
Topic 3
Civil Society Protests USA
Timeline
1861-1865 -American Civil War (USA)
1909 -National Association for the Advancement of
Coloured People (NAACP) formed (USA)
1929 -Martin Luther King Junior born in Atlanta, Georgia
(USA)
1940’s -trade unions for women split into racial groups,
women want to challenge this (SA)
1941 -Food and Canning Workers Union (FCWU)
established (SA)
1942 -Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) formed (USA)
1943 -women appointed as members of ANC (SA)
1947 -India become independent (IND)
1948 -ANC’s Women’s League formed (SA)
1950’s -Both superpowers in Cold War have nuclear
weapons
-Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka
(USA)
1952 -Black (African and coloured) women outnumbered
white women in work force (SA)
1954 -US Supreme Court ruling against segregated public
schools (USA)
-SA government announce black women need to
carry passes (SA)
-formation of Federation of South African Woman
(FSAW) (SA)
-MLK became Baptist minister (USA)
1955 -Montgomery Bus Boycott (USA)
-South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
founded. (SA)
-Black Sash (organisation of white middle-class
women) founded (SA)
1956 -Women’s anti-pass march to Pretoria (SA)
-Lilian Ngoyi elected ANC executive (SA)
-Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama (USA)
SAHETI School, 2019
Notes
Theme 3:
Civil Society
Protests
USA
Timeline
Taneil Thompson
, Taneil Thompson
Topic 3
Civil Society Protests USA
Timeline
1861-1865 -American Civil War (USA)
1909 -National Association for the Advancement of
Coloured People (NAACP) formed (USA)
1929 -Martin Luther King Junior born in Atlanta, Georgia
(USA)
1940’s -trade unions for women split into racial groups,
women want to challenge this (SA)
1941 -Food and Canning Workers Union (FCWU)
established (SA)
1942 -Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) formed (USA)
1943 -women appointed as members of ANC (SA)
1947 -India become independent (IND)
1948 -ANC’s Women’s League formed (SA)
1950’s -Both superpowers in Cold War have nuclear
weapons
-Brown versus the Board of Education of Topeka
(USA)
1952 -Black (African and coloured) women outnumbered
white women in work force (SA)
1954 -US Supreme Court ruling against segregated public
schools (USA)
-SA government announce black women need to
carry passes (SA)
-formation of Federation of South African Woman
(FSAW) (SA)
-MLK became Baptist minister (USA)
1955 -Montgomery Bus Boycott (USA)
-South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
founded. (SA)
-Black Sash (organisation of white middle-class
women) founded (SA)
1956 -Women’s anti-pass march to Pretoria (SA)
-Lilian Ngoyi elected ANC executive (SA)
-Bus Boycott in Montgomery, Alabama (USA)
SAHETI School, 2019