African American Voice/Women Movement Flashcards
King quotes a Supreme Court justice who said, “Justice delayed is…”
No justice at all
According to King, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to…”
Justice everywhere
Who was mentioned in King’s letter
Hitler, Socrates, Nebuchadnezzar,
According to King, the purpose of his direct action, non-violent program is to
Create a crisis that will open the door to negotiation
According to King there are……types of laws
Two (just and unjust)
Eugenics
Based on breeding (don’t mix races)
Lynching
Attacked by a mob
Who started white supremacist organizations
Native white, Protestant men (KKK, WASP)
What was the white organization’s greatest fear
Miscegenation (mixing races)
How did The Birth of a Nation portray KKK
As heros
De jure segregation
Segregation by law (known as Jim Crow)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Established political equality but not social equality
Eternal curse of grandfather’s clause
Poll tax
Literary test
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)
Litigation
Bring the end of segregation
Where was the most effective p,ace to end segregation
Federal courts
Brown v. Board of Education
Went after principle(tossed it out)
The act of segregation says your not equal (kill Jim Crow)
Desegregation
Segregation is illegal (people may still not follow the law; check is written)
Integration
Push the law forward (cash the heck)