Civil Rights Flashcards
The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was:
the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
OneLegacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is:
affirmative action programs
what did the voting rights act of 1965 enable federal officials to do
register voters
in the 1970’s La Raza Unida focused its efforts on
electing Latino candidates to political office
which doctrine relating to pubic education was overturned by the Supreme court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education
“separate but equal”
American civil right lawyer, first black justice on the supreme court of the US
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr was a founder and the first president of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Which of the following is not associated with the Black Power movement
the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Civil right leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery and so triggered a movement
Rosa Parks
Coined the phrase “black power” and led SNCC away from a non violent approach
Stokely Carmichael
According to the kerner Commision, what was the main cause of urban violence
white racism
what were the demonstrations organized by the American Indian Movement designed to do?
actively confront the federal government
formed in 1960 to coordinated sit-ins and protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)
De Jure segregation is segregation that results from:
laws
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
civil rights act of 1964
Charismatic Black Muslim leader who promoted separatism in the early 1960’s
Malcom X
What was the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in response to segregation on busses
economic
which of the following affirmed the legality of racial segregation and prompted the passage of Jim Crow Laws
the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American
farm workers
Events such as ___ helped set the stage for the civil rights movement
better access to good jobs during WWII
US civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated University of Mississippi
James Meredith
1964 effort to register African American voters in Mississippi
Freedom Summer
A delegate sent to the 1964 democratic National Convention from Mississippi; as a farmer on a cotton plantation was fired when attempting to vote; noted for voter registration drives
Fanie Lou Hamer
segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice
de facto segregation
