African-American Civil Rights Flashcards
purpose of lost cause of confederacy
to justify the confederacies actions
what led Johnson to say, “And we shall overcome”
Bloody Sunday
Who is famous for coining the phrase “Black Power”
Stokely Carmichael
Ruling of Brown 2 case
no more segregation in schools ASAP
purpose of the 14th Amendment
defines citizenship in America, removes black codes
Who’s responsible for separate but equal doctrine
Homer Plessy
James Meredith’s main goal in desegregating the University of Mississippi
pressure Kennedy administration to do what they said they would
Who said “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.”
Otto Kerner
Why did Eisenhower send troops to LR9
Broke federal law
What is the difference between the death of the Freedom Summer compared to Medgar Evers and Emmit Till.
Freedom Summers were the only that the murderers were held accountable in a timely fashion, hate crime
where was freedom riders bus burned down
Aniston, Alabama
What city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat
Montgomery, Alabama
what city did lovings get married
Washington DC
location of 4 girls killed in church bmbing
Birmingham, Alabama
differences between de jure and de facto
De facto-
De jure-
where was Brown vs. Board of ed case
Washington DC
where was Watts Riots
LA
where was RK killed
LA
where did MLK get his start
Montgomery
where did Black Panthers form
Oakland
what does NAACP stand for
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
CORE stand for
Congress of Racial Equality
Who desegregated military
Truman
What is a wasp
white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
how does civil rights act of 1964 change America
It initiated widespread changes in the racial patterns in American society; prevented discrimination!
who started civil rights act of 1964
JFK
3 fears of southern whites after civil war
- retaliation
- lose power
- interacial relationships
who is famous for saying African Americans are victims of America
Malcolm X
