Chapter 4 Section 4 Flashcards
Identify other ways that African-Americans were discriminated against
Voting, jobs, education
Explain Jim Crow laws
laws that segregated blacks and whites in the south prior to civil rights
What A function of the NAACP
Fight for minority groups rights
What is the function of the national urban league
Attempt to identify and solve inner-city problems
What landmark Supreme Court case began an end to racial segregation in public schools
Brown versus Board of Education
How did segregation violate the 14th amendment
There were separate facilities but they were not equal
How did Martin Luther King Junior protest unfair laws
Nonviolent peaceful protests like boycotts, marches, and demonstrations
Civil rights act of 1964
Banned discrimination in public places (banned Jim Crow laws)
Voting rights act of 1965
Further secured minority rights to the poll