African American Voice/Women Movement Flashcards

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King quotes a Supreme Court justice who said, “Justice delayed is…”

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No justice at all

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According to King, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to…”

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Justice everywhere

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Who was mentioned in King’s letter

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Hitler, Socrates, Nebuchadnezzar,

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According to King, the purpose of his direct action, non-violent program is to

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Create a crisis that will open the door to negotiation

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According to King there are……types of laws

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Two (just and unjust)

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Eugenics

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Based on breeding (don’t mix races)

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Lynching

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Attacked by a mob

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Who started white supremacist organizations

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Native white, Protestant men (KKK, WASP)

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What was the white organization’s greatest fear

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Miscegenation (mixing races)

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How did The Birth of a Nation portray KKK

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As heros

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De jure segregation

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Segregation by law (known as Jim Crow)

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Established political equality but not social equality

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Eternal curse of grandfather’s clause
Poll tax
Literary test

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If grandpa didn’t vote then you can’t
Pay a tax to vote
Prove you could read (floating standard-standard was higher for blacks)

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Litigation

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Bring the end of segregation

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Where was the most effective p,ace to end segregation

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Federal courts

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Went after principle(tossed it out)

The act of segregation says your not equal (kill Jim Crow)

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Desegregation

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Segregation is illegal (people may still not follow the law; check is written)

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Integration

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Push the law forward (cash the heck)

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What are some of King’s non-violent direct actions

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Boycotts, marches, sit-ins, and freedom rides

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Civil Rights Act 1964

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Can’t be any discrimination in public places, and federal government will remove funds from those who don’t comply (equal opportunity employment commission)

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Voting Rights Act 1965

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Federal government does voting registrations (take away states right) so blacks could vote without fear or tests

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De facto segregation

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Segregation that is understood but not spoken

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Affirmative action

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To take extraordinary measures to overcome past segregations

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Grutter v. Bolliger

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Can’t take race in consideration unless there is a more compelling reason

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Black panters

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Blacks that ran own communities and used intimidation

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Coverture

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Married women lack standing in the court

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Why didn’t men want women to vote

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They thought their rights would be taken away by women

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Why didn’t southerners want women to vote

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The didn’t want more blacks to have the ability to write

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Betty Friedan

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Wrote Feminine Mystique which shows women as homemakers prevents them from achieving their full potential

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NOW

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National Organization of Women
Abortion rights
Equal pay for equal work
Passage of equal rights movement-equality of law should not be abridged do to sex (failed in 1982 because not enough states supported it)

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Birth control

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It allows women to plan accordingly (no unexpected pregnancy)

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Title IX

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No sex discrimination in schools for receiving federal aid (sports)

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Pregnancy Leave Act

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Women can’t be fired for getting pregnant but they don’t have to be paid

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Pro-co (sexual harassment)

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Something for something (if it is not discouraged then it is present)

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Glass ceiling

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An acknowledgment that there is a barrier in the way of achieving certain goals

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Booker T. Washington

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We need to learn a trade because whites don’t like us because we’re uneducated but if educated them they’ll like us

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W.E.B DuBois

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We need to claim our rights now; develop talented ten(black lawyers) to back us up in court (pull community forward)

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Marcus Garvey

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We should be separated, set up own black economy (embrace segregation) or move back to Africa (KKK liked him)

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The great migration

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Movement of African Americans from the south to the north during 1910-1930

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Who was the most famous Harlem poet

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Langston Hughes

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Black is beautiful movement

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Celebrate black culture

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Civil rights movement

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Argument over racial justice in the 1950 s-1960s

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Malcolm X

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Wanted the same goals as Dr. King but used harsher methods

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How does King say you get your rights

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By demanding them

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Stump speech

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A speech that can be given many times when a speech is needed

45
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What were the feminist voices calling for

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Basic rights do citizenship, address important topics that are unaddressed by male-dominated society(sexually abusive fathers), and expands to protest limited roles society allows women to play

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“The Story of an Hour” why was Mrs. Mallard happy her husband dies

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She can make her own decision