Ch 29 Flashcards
What did the civil rights act of 1875 do and when was it outlawed?
Outlawed segregation, ruled unconstitutional in 1883
This case called to separate but equal facilities for blacks and led to Jim Crow laws
Plessy vs. ferguson
How did WWII help the civil rights movement?
It let blacks and women get jobs and blacks in the military fended discriminatory policies
This man was a civil rights lawyer and the first black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall
This was a case that ruled that school segregation is illegal
Brown vs. board of education of Topeka
What was the premise of brown vs. the board of education?
Linda Brown was denied admission to a white school 4 blocks away so she had to walk 21 blocks to a black school
What was the response to the ruling in brown vs. board of Ed?
Most schools desegregated, but for others the KKK reappeared
This was a group of 9 students who volunteered to integrate central high school in September 1957
Little Rock Nine
How did Arkansas governor arval taubus respond to the 9?
He ordered the national guard to block them
this lady was a seamstress and NAACP member who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in dec 1955. She was arrested
Rosa Parks
This man was a baptist pastor who organized the bus boycott and had them integrated in 381 days
MLK
This organization’s goal was to carry out nonviolent protests
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This organization’s goal was to give younger blacks a larger role in the movement
Student nonviolent coordinating committee
This is when people go to a segregated service and refuse to leave until they are served
Sit in
These were civil rights activists that rode busses through the south in the early 60’s to challenge segregation
Freedom riders
What happened with the freedom riders?
Kennedy arranged for US Marshall’s to protect riders and then segregation was banned on interstate travel facilities
This man won a federal court case allowing him to enroll in a class at old Mississippi university
James Meredith
What happened with Meredith?
The governor refused to enroll him so JFK sent Marshall’s to safely escort him
What did media coverage on the children’s march cause?
Officials of Birmingham to end segregation
What was the purpose of the match in DC?
Convince officials to pass a civil rights bill
When was the march in DC?
Aug 28 1963
This was a 1964 project to register black voters in Mississippi
Freedom summer
This man made a New Democratic Party (Mississippi freedom Democratic Party) at the 1964 dem convention
Fannie Lou Hamer
This abolished the poll tax
24th amendment
This was a voting campaign that turned violent, leading to a new voting rights act in march 1965
Selma campaign
This eliminated literacy tests and authorized federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level
Voting rights act of 1965
When did LBJ sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
July 1964
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include?
prohibited discrimination of gender, race, religion, and origin. Also, citizens had the right to enter all public accommodations
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include?
prohibited discrimination of gender, race, religion, and origin. Also, citizens had the right to enter all public accommodations
This is racial segregation established by practice and custom, not by law
De facto segregation
This is racial segregation established by law
De jure segregation
How was de facto segregation intensified?
The great migration
This is when whites moved to the suburbs
White flight
This was a 1965 riot that killed 34
Watts (LA) riot
Where did LBJ’s great society funding move to?
Vietnam war
This man urged blacks to take control of their communities
Malcolm X
This is a religious group made of black Muslims that Malcolm X belonged to
Nation of Islam
What about Malcolm x frightened most people?
He advocated armed self defense
When and where was Malcolm x killed?
Harlem, 1965
This man was a militant SNCC leader
Stokely Carmichael
This was a slogan that encouraged black pride and social/political leadership
Black power
This was a militant black organization found in 1966 to fight police brutality in the ghetto
Black panthers
How did MLK feel about black power?
He opposed it
When was MLK assassinated and by who?
4/4/65, James earl ray
How did Bobby Kennedy react to the MLK assassination?
He said not to react with violence, but 100 cities burned
Why was bobby Kennedy assassinated?
His support for Israel
This was the effort to study causes of urban violence because of white racism; it was ignored because of opposition
Kerner commission
What did the civil rights movement effectively end?
De jure segregation
This banned discrimination in the sale of housing
Civil rights act of 1968
Why did the civil rights movement decline?
Riots and the black panthers
This was created to ensure equal education and job opportunities, and it seeks to correct discrimination by favoring the previously discriminated
Affirmative action
