Civil Rights Flashcards
Thurgood Marshall
An attorney of the NAACP who would become a Supreme Court justice
Brown v. Board of Education
Linda Brown had to travel across town to go to school. So her father and the NAACP sued the board of education making segregation in schools and other public facilities illegal
Little Rock Nine
Nine outstanding black students were able to go to an all white high school. However the governor of Arkansas put National Guard troops to stop the black students from entering the school.
Rosa Parks
An NAACP worker named Rosa Parks boarded a bus in the front row of the black section. Eventually the white only rows filled up and a white person was going to sit where Parks was going to sit. Parks refused to get up and was later arrested. This would lead to the Montgomery bus boycott.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks was arrested Jo Ann Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. would start the boycott. The boycott insisted that black people in Montgomery not ride the busses. This would last a year.
Martin Luther King Jr.
A young inspiring Baptist minister MLK Jr. would help lead the bus boycott and formed the SCLC or Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sit-in
A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave
SNCC or Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
To continue the struggle for civil rights the leaders of student protests formed this organization
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement in Colored People
John F. Kennedy
He became the youngest person ever to win office, he supported the civil rights movement, and wanted more money into schools, the military, and the space program
Freedom rides
A series of protests in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the south
March on Washington
A massive demonstration were MLK Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of over 200,000 people
Lyndon B. Johnson
He was JFK’s Vice President, But after JFK was assassinated he was sworn into office
The Civil rights act of 1964
The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin.
Voting rights act of 1965
This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights
Great Society
The Great Society gave forth Medicare and Medicaid. These two organizations help infants and seniors
Black power
A movement which called for African American independence
Malcolm X
He helped inspire the black power movement, was a leader of the Nation of Islam (who would assassinate him), and believed getting black independence via any means necessary.
Cesar Chávez
One of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions in the workforce for Hispanic Americans.
United Farm Workers (UFW)
This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers.
Betty Friedan
An author who would question woman’s roles in society. She would write the book called The Feminine Mystique.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Founded by Betty Friedan the organization would fight for equal educational and career opportunities for women.
Shirley Chisholm
She was elected to represent a New York City district in the House of Representatives.
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
This failed amendment would’ve outlawed all discrimination based on sex.
Phyllis Schlafly
An opposer to The Equal Rights Amendment she would found a group called STOP ERA. Both her and her supporters believed the ERA would reduce the legal rights of mothers.
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ rights.
Disabled In Action (DIA)
In 1970 Judy Heumann created the DIA to make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities.
