Black and civil rights movement Flashcards
From what suffered American cities between 1965 and 1967?
riots.
What was the main cause of those riots?
bad relationships between police and black people.
Of what color was the police?
White.
By what societies were divided?
Races.
By whom black rioters were influenced?
Radical black nationalists like Malcolm X and Black Panters.
What are the main place of riots?
LA in August 1965 and Detroit in July 1967.
Why black people joined?
by their frustration about the way they were treated.
What kind of investigation where held by the Governor of Illinois asking by President Johnson and what he founded?
The cause of the riot: racism. 2 Americas: a black and white one.
What marked the death of MLK in 1968?
The end of the civil rights mov.
What are the accomplishments of MLK?
transform a southern sideshow into a national mov.
segregation illegal.
Civil Right Act enshrined black civil rights.
*black people with real political powers.
