Civil rights flashcards
What is the civil rights movement?
The civil rights movement was a huge amount of protests against racial discimination and segregation. These acts of protests came into popularity in the 1960’s.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This boycott all started when civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat for a white man on a bus. She was later arrested. Her arrest sent an aproar throughout the black society starting a boycott on buses. This boycott lasted for 381 days. During this time, many bus companies went out of business, or completly empty. Later, the court decided that there will now be legally no more segregation on buses.
What are the 6 principles of nonviolence?
- Nonviolence is not passive, but requires courage.
- Nonviolence seeks reconciliation, not defeat of an adversary.
- Nonviolent action is directed at
eliminating evil, not destroying
an evil-doer - A willingness to accept suffering for the
cause, if necessary, but never to inflict it - A rejection of hatred, animosity or
violence of the spirit, as well as refusal
to commit physical violence - Faith that justice will prevail
This was the method of protest until Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated.
What was the goal of the Children’s March?
The goal of the children’s march was to desegregate Birmingham, Alabama. This city was notoriously known for it’s violent segregation policies.
What were the little rock 9?
The Little Rock 9 were the first nine african american kids to go and integrate the all white schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were faced with brutal discrimination, threats, and only one kid made it to school the first day without getting hurt.
What was Eisenhower’s role in the integration of Little Rock High-School?
Eisenhower ordered that the military forces protect the nine kids while going to school. Each kid was given his/her own army troop, and going to school each day was like going to war.
What were lunch-counter sit-ins?
The sit-ins’ goal was to integrate diners and restaurants in America. It all started when a group of African Americans came to an all white diner and sat in a seat. They were not served, but they were threatened, beaten, and were arrested.
What were Freedom Riders?
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South. The main goal of the freedom rides were to “literally” desegregate all buses even though the supreme court ruled that there was no segregation on buses.
What happened on Bloody Sunday?
Bloody Sunday was triggered by the murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson. Jackson was trying to protect his mother and grandmother from getting beaten, but a police officer pushed him down to the ground and shot him in the head.
His death caused a huge uproar which led to march to Selma. However, on the first march, the marchers were stopped by the police and were beaten and shot at. There was blood all over the streets.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolence philosophy?
MLK was inspired by Mahatma Ghandi’s nonviolent protests against the British. He soon decided that it was the most effective way to desegregate America.
MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech
MLK spoke this speech on the march to Washington for rights and jobs. He spoke this speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial since Lincoln was the one who freed the slaves. This speech is now known as the turning point of the civil rights movement.
What was the March on Washington 1963?
It was a march for freedom and jobs which was successful because it urged John F. Kennedy on to pass a stronger civil rights bill.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act eliminated all barriers that kept blacks from voting in the South.
Who was Rosa Parks?
A civil rights activist that refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus.
Who was Emmet Louis Till?
He was a 14 year old boy who was murdered for supposedly flirting with a white woman. He was later found dead in the Mississippi River.
