Civil rights Flashcards
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
An organization that despised black people and hated on them with hate and violence
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
They were laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern US.
What is Jim Crow?
Jim Crow is a fictional white character pretending to be a black man.
When was the first KKK?
1866-1871
When was the second KKK?
1915-1944
When was the third KKK?
1950-1960
Give 8 places where the Jim Crow Laws were able to segregate it.
marriage, housing, restaurants, entertainment, voting, transportation, hospitals, adoptions
Name 5 violent methods the KKK used against blacks
lynching, banners, fear, attacks, set fire to crosses
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Association for Advancement of colored people
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
What did the NAACP and CORE challenge?
They challenged that black people shouldn’t be segregated in schools and they compared the black and white education.
What 5 subjects did white people study in universities?
Law, Medicine, Library Science, Pharmacy, social work
What 2 subjects did Blacks study in universities?
Law and Library science
Who supported the creation for racially mixed units?
General Eisenhower in the army
How many people were doing crucial jobs in the army?
2 million
What did Roosevelt set up to check if discrimination was happening?
The Fair Employment Practices Committee in 1941
When was the CORE set up?
1942
What were the four black freedoms?
freedom of speech and expression, freedom of want, freedom from fear, freedom of worship
Why did Roosevelt not give any war-contracts in 1943?
Because they practiced racial discrimination
How did African Americans benefit from WW2?
They got better wages
From how much to how much did the NAACP increase in size?
from 50000 to 450,000
What did newspapers organize?
The double V campaign
In 1950 what decisions were made by the Supreme court? (2)
That black children should not be segregated in a school. It also made a decision to compare the white and black education.
Why did Brown start a court case? And with whom?
Brown started a court case with NAACP to challenge the Supreme Court for segregation in education.
What was the case called?
Brown v Topeka Board of Education
Who was Linda Brown?
Linda Brown was a 7 year old girl that had to walk a mile to go to her school everyday although there was a closer white school nearby. She was the first black girl to be integrated into a white school.
Who won the case?
The Browns.
When were school desegregated?
in 1954
Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
What did Rosa Parks do?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus
What happened to Rosa Parks after that?
She got arrested and was fined.
When did the boycott start?
1955
When was the Freedom Riders?
May 1961
What was the Freedom Riders all about?
200 black people rode on the bus to Montgomery, Alabama to desegregate transportation.
What happened to these protesters?
they were thrown in jail for 40 days
What does the SNCC stand for?
Student Non-violent coordinating committee
What were the lunch sit ins?
They were a campaign by the SNCC to desegregate restaurants?
When did the lunch sit ins happen?
1960
By 1960 how many restaurants were desegregated?
121
What was the Black Panther?
They were an organization that protected themselves from the police using weapons.
Write 7 things that the Black Panther wanted.
Freedom , decant housing, their right back just like the Jews got from the Germans, education, end to police brutality, freedom for black men that didn’t get a fair train and also for the black community to judge the trial.
What was the Voter Education Project?
It was a project organised by the government and the students in attempt to allow black people to vote.
What was outlawed in 1964?
the Kennedy integration law
What was outlawed in 1965?
Voting Acts Right
What was outlawed in 1967?
Prevention of Inter Racial marriage
What was outlawed in 1968?
Prevention of segregation in housing.
When was the first black mayor elected and where?
In 1967 in Cleveland
By 1985 what happened to the blacks regarding politics?
10% of elected officials were blacks
Who was leader of the year- long boycott?
MLK
Who was the face of the civil Rights Movement?
MLK
Who was MLK influenced by?
Gandhi
What did MLK believe in?
Fairness, forgiveness and non-violence
What did MLK organize?
Demonstations
In which demonstration did he get imprisoned?
in 1963
What happened during this demonstration?
Chief Bull Conner came with fire hoses electrical wire dogs and arrested them all.
What did MLK organize on August 1963?
A march is Washington D.C.
How many people were at the demonstration?
250,000 people
What was MLK famous speech called?
I have a dream speech
When was King assassinated?
1968
What did Malcolm X believe in?
In violence and self-defense
What did Malcolm X set up?
the nation of Islam
What did Malcolm X argue for?
For black separatism
When was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
Where and when was the worst riot?
In watts, L.A in 1965.
how long did the riot last for?
6 days
How many people were killed at that riot?
34 people
How many people altogether died in riots?
81 people
How was elected leader of the SNCC in 1967?
Stokley Carmichael
