African Americans civil rights (1960s early 1970s) Flashcards
What three groups became known as the civil rights movement?
.SCLC
.SNCC
.CORE
What year did the sit ins take place?
1960
By the end of 1960 how many cities were lunch counters desegregated in?
126
What year were the freedom rides?
1961
What group organised the freedom rides?
CORE
What group spread the sit ins to other towns and cities
SNCC
What were the freedom rides?
White and Black activists would sit next to each other on segregated buses
What year did the march on Washington occur?
1963
How many blacks took part in the march on Washington?
200,000
How many whites took place in the march on Washington?
50,000
After the freedom rides, sit ins and march on Washington what act was passed and in what year?
Civil rights act 1964
What did the civil rights act 1964 end in the south?
Segregation
What was the focus of SELMA?
To give black people equal rights to vote
In 1965 what was the size of the black population that were eligible to vote?
15,000
Out of the 15,000 black population that were able to vote how many were registered to vote?
335
When was the voting rights act passed through?
1965
What did the Voting Rights act end?
.Ended all tests and discrimination against people trying to vote
In what year was Malcolm X killed?
1965
The SNCC came more radical. after 1966 under what leader?
Stokely Carmichael
What did Stokely Carmichael believe in?
‘Black Power’
When did the race riots take place?
1965-1967
Where did the race riots take place?
Washington and LA
How many Black Panther members were there?
2,000
Name two positives of Black Power
.Raised awareness of issues of social and economic inequality outside of the south(In northern slums and ghettos)
.Black Panthers and Nation of Islam ran welfare projects helping the poorest blacks(food/shelter)
.Encouraged the study of black history in schools and universities
Name two negative impacts of the black power movement
.Alienated white support
.Alienated government support
.Broke up the unity of the civil rights movement
.Did little to solve the problems of poverty and discrimination in the North
Give two of MLKs successes
.Leading Montgomery bus boycotts
.Non-Violent protest
.I have a dream speech put pressure on government to pass the 1964 civil rights bill
.Selam protest helped put pressure on government to pass the voting rights bill
Give two of MLKs failures
.MLK’s focus on the south meant blacks in the north were left unimpressed by MLK
.After 1965 MLK less successful in creating social and economic change in the North
.After 1965 unit of the CR movement disintegrated
.By 1967/1968 MLK was criticising Vietnam war which lost him support from whites and government
