Chapter 27 - Walking into Freedom Land: The Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973 Flashcards
rights liberalism
the notion that individuals require state protection from discrimination
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
civil rights organization that organized a series of Freedom Rides on interstate bus lines throughout the South to call attention to violations of Supreme Court rulings against segregation in interstate commerce
Jim Crow
system of racial segregation in the South that lasted from after the Civil War to the 1960s
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
prominent black trade union of railroad car porters working for the Pullman Company
double v campaign
notion that African Americans were fighting against fascism abroad and racism at home during WWII
“To Secure These Rights”
1947 report by the Presidential Committee on Civil Rights that called for robust federal action to ensure equality for African Americans
States’ Rights Democratic Party
breakaway party of white Democrats from the South formed for the 1948 election - shed light on internal struggle between liberal wing of the party and southern white Democrats
American GI Forum
group founded by WWII veterans in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1948 to protest the poor treatment of Mexican American soldiers and veterans
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Supreme Court decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine
Montgomery Bus Boycott
yearlong boycott of Montgomery’s segregated bus system in 1955-1956 by the city’s African American population
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
1957 meeting of MLK and other civil rights leaders to coordinate civil rights activity in the South
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
student civil rights group formed to organize sit-ins like those in Greensboro
March on Washington
August 28, 1963 march by 250,000 people to the Lincoln Memorial to demand that Congress end Jim Crow and launch a major jobs program to bring needed employment to black communities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination in employment on the basis of race, religion, national origin, and sex; guaranteed access to public accommodations and schools
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
party founded in Mississippi during the Freedom Summer of 1964
