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Challenges and Changes of the Civil Rights movement Flashcards

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By 1965, what happened

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Civil Rights groups began to drift apart. The attention turned to the north

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De Facto Segregation

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Segregation that exists by practice and custon

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De Facto Segregation

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Segregation that exists by practice and custon

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De Jure Segregation

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Segregation that exists by law

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What are the main differences between the two types of Segregation

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De Jure Requires changing the law

De Fato: Requires changin gideas

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When did De Facto Segregation intensify

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when AAs migrated to the north after WWII

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What did the white flight cause

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Most urban AAs to live in poor slums and paying rent to land lotds that didn’t comply with housing and health ordinances. The unemployment rates were high, and schools were deteriorated

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What were schools for AAs like

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They were bad

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Why were black people angry

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because of brutal treatment

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MLK tried to change de Facto segregation in Chicago and it..

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FAILED

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In the mid 1960s, what were interactions between blacks and whites like

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Confrontations increased between white authority and the blacks.

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Where were some riots

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NYC, Harlem, A 15 year old died

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There were riots even after the Voting Rights were passed. But why did Black violence baffle many people

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Because they were wondering why they were so violent after gaining an important victory

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What did Riots Cause?

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millions of dollars in damage.

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Malcolm X

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Born Malcol Little, went to jail at age 20 for burgulary. Studied teachings of Elijah Muhammed from the Nation of Islam

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Malcol Little Changed his name to

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Malcol X and he became an Islamic Minister. Gaining followers, he preached Mohammeds Views

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Malcolm X’s views appealed to many African Americans because

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of growing racial pride.He advocated Self Defense

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What was Malcolm X so popular

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  1. His call for armed defense frightened many
  2. Also, he was resented because of his beliefs
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On March 1964, Malcolm X did what

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Broke with Elijah Mohammed over views. He formed another organization and gave ballot of bullet speech.

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In Mecca, what did X learn about

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Orthodox Islam preached racial equality. He explained that if they didn’t use the ballots to cast their vote, they would be forced to use the bullot.

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After his pilgrimage what did Malcolm x Do?

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He saw white people as his brothers

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On Feb 21, 1965 what happened

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Malcolm X was killed

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In early June 1966,

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tensions between civil rights groups erupted

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James Meridith wnated to walk from TN to Jackson, but he was

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injured

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MLK of SCLC, Floyed McKissick of CORE and Stockley Caramichael of SNCC decided to

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march, to continue what Meridith had started: it was started because the SNCC and other civil rights grups had erupted in Misissipi

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During their March, what did the SNCC and CORE do?

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They became militent and shouted slogans similar to Malcolm C.

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Instead of saying we shall overcome, they said

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We shall overrun

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Why did Police in Greenwood Mississippi arrest Stokley Caramichael?

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Because he set up a tent on the grounds of an all black high school.

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Soon after his arrest, Caramichael showed up at a rally, and his face was all swollen. He told black people that :

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Black people should define their goals and lead their own organizations.

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What did Caramichael want SNCC to stop doing

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Recruiting whites

31
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In Oakland California, in 1966, what group was founded and by who

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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded a political party known as the Black Panthers

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What was the goal of the Black Panthers

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To fight police brutality in the ghetto.

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What did the Party advocate?(Black Panthers)

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Advocated self defense for AA communities as well as full employment and decent housing.

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The Black Panther Members maintained that

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The African Americans should be exempt from military service because of an unfair number of black youths had been drafted to serve in Vietnam

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What did the Black Panthers dress in

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Black leather jackets, black berets, and sun glasses.

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What did the Black Panthers sell

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Copies of the Writings of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution

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Give examples of violence that occured between Panthers and police

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Shootouts, and there were som illegal tactices used to conduct investigations

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Overall, what were the goals of the Black Pantjers

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Establishmentod day care centers, free breakfast programs, free medical clinics, assitance to the homeless and other services

39
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Martin Luther king objected to Black power because

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He thought it would causegreif

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On April 3, 1968 King addressed a croud in

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Memphis

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On April 4, 1968 what happened to Kin g

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he was assasinated

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Who killed King

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James Early Ray

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King’s Death Sparked

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Riots

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On march 1, 1968, the Kerner Commission which Johnson appointed to study the causes of Urban Violece determined that

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The main causes of the violence –issued in a 200,000 word repoint was white racism

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What did the kerner Report Call for?

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The nation to create new jobs, construct new housing and end de facto segregation in order o wipe out the destructive ghetto environment

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What did the Johnson Admin do about the Kerner Recommandations

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ignored them

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The civil rights movement ended de jure segregation b y bringing about legal protection for the civil rights of al Americans, Congress passed the Civil Rights of 1968

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Ended discrimination in housing, after school segregation ended, the numbers of African americans who finished high school and who went to college increased. This lead to better jobs and buisness opportuninty

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By 1970, what percentae og African Americans were registered to vote

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2/3 of eligible ones. The Number of people in office grew larger

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As Civil Rights turned to the 1970s, what were some of the issues that it faced

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It faced housing and job discrimination, educational inequality, poverty, racism and involved changin peoples attitudes

50
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Public Sypport for the Civil Rights

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Declined

51
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Lack of jobs..

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Was a serious problem for African Americans whose poverty rate was 3 times that of white people

52
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To help equalize education and job opportunities, the government in the 1960s began to promote

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Affirmative Action: Programs that involve making special efforts to hire or enroll groups that have suffered discrimination.

53
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Many colleges and companies adopted affirmative actions, but it was soon criticized

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