Civil Rights - Dates & Abbreviations Flashcards
1
Q
Year slavery was abolished
A
1865
2
Q
Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
A
1954
3
Q
Little Rock Nine, Arkansas
A
1957
4
Q
Montgomery Bus Boycott
duration
A
1955-1956
5
Q
March on Washington
A
1963
6
Q
Selma
A
1965
7
Q
SNCC
A
Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee / Sit-Ins
8
Q
SCLC
A
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (set up by MLK)
9
Q
CORE
A
Congress of Racial Equality /Freedom Riders (1961)
10
Q
NAACP
A
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
11
Q
Civil Rights Act
A
1964
12
Q
Voting Rights Act
A
1965
13
Q
Fair Housing Act
A
1968
14
Q
CEEO
A
Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity
15
Q
OAAU
A
Organisation of African-American Unity
16
Q
Economic Opportunities Act
A
1964
17
Q
Medicare and Medicaid
A
1965
18
Q
NOW
A
National Organisation for Women (1966)
19
Q
ERA
A
Equal Rights Ammendment (1972)
20
Q
Equal Pay Act
A
1963
