Black Rights Key Words

Question 0

Define the 13th amendment

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1865 - Abolishment if slavery under Lincoln

Question 1

Define segregation

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The separation of black and white citizens

Question 2

Define the 14th amendment

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1868 - all citizens guaranteed equality before the law

Question 3

Define the Jim crow laws

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Were racist segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965

Question 4

Define Lynching

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When a group of people kill someone for an alleged offence without legal trial, usually by hanging

Question 5

Explain ‘To Secure These Rights’

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1947 - a survey established by president Truman to investigate racism in America.

Question 6

Define De Jure

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A law that is passed but that is not yet put into practice

Question 7

Define De Facto

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A law passed that is being out into practice

Question 8

Explain Journey of reconciliation

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1947 - CORE attempt to challenge segregation on public transport

Question 9

A Phillip Randolph

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Was a leader in the African American civil rights movement and the American labour movement

Question 10

Woodrow Crockett

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First black pilot who fought in World War Two for America

Question 11

Harry Truman

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Was the 33rd president of the United States, 1945-53

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Thurgood Marshall

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Lawyer for the NAACP

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Eisenhower

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Was the 34th president of the United States, 1953-61

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Emmitt Till

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Was an African American teenager who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman

Question 15

FEPC

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1941 - Fair Employment Practices Committee

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NAACP

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1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

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SNCC

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1958 - the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

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SCLC

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1957 - the Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Martin Luther King

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CORE

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1942 - the Congress Of Racial Equality

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White citizens council

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Originated in Mississippi following the 1954-55 Supreme Court ruling over Brown vs board of education that school segregation was unconstitutional

Question 21

The KKK

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1865 - a racist group establish by people who believe that white people were better and wanted to see black people remain as slaves

Question 22

Plessy vs Ferguson

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1896 - Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”

Question 23

Double Vs Campaign

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1942 - it encourage African Americans to participate in winning the war abroad, while simultaneously fighting for their civil rights at home

Question 24

Smith Vs Allwright

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1944 - Supreme Court case with regard to voting rights and racial desegregation

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Morgan Vs Virginia

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1946 - Supreme Court ruled that segregation on interstate bus travel was unconstitutional

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Brown Vs Board of Education

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1954 - Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional

Question 27

Brown II

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1955 - the Supreme Court considered agreements by the schools requesting relief concerning the task of desegregation

Question 28

Sweatt Vs Painter

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1950 - case that successfully challenged the “separate but equal” doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy Vs Ferguson

Question 29

Southern manifesto

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1956 - a document written by the United States congress in opposition to racial integration of public places - voted 2/3rds of congress in favour if segregation