Civil Rights 1 Quiz Flashcards
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Louisiana passed a “equal but separate” law and Homer Plessy broke it, went to court and was found guilty.
What was Jim Crow
Laws in the South were designed to make legal rules to keep races separate.
What were the two types of segregation?
De Jure
De Facto
What was De Jure segregation?
Segregation by law
In the South
What was De Facto segregation?
Segregation by assumption/custom
In the North
What were the consequences of breaking Black Codes?
Fined, put in jail or whipped
Who was Charles Hamilton Houston?
He was the first person to begin to attack the ideas of “equal” in the schools.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Lead lawyer of NAACP
What was Brown v. the Board of Education?
A little colored girl (Linda Brown) had to walk 21 blocks to the nearest colored school because they wouldn’t let her go to the white school only 4 blocks away.
Doll test
What was the Doll Test?
2 dolls (one black and one white), colored children had to pick between them, 71% chose the white doll.
What were some of the results of the Doll Test?
Found that 71% of colored children had a poor self-image that was detrimental to the development
No longer segregation in schools
