Civil Rights history (1)

Question 1

civil rights eras (1890-1990)

Answer 1

• era 1 (1890-1940): from equality>inequality; discriminatory laws on/off state-specific; migration south>north; WWI; social/political welfare
• era 2 (1940-1970): post WWI>WWII inequality by overpopulation; rise of collective activism; legislation-oriented; city/country demographic differences; political/economic welfare
• era 3 (1970-1990): crack epidemic/continued foundational prejudice; media/pop culture/established rights (80s); reagan’s yes/no-ing; est pop culture targeted (80s>90s)

Question 2

era 1 (1890-1940)

from equality>inequality; discriminatory laws on/off state-specific; migration south>north; WWI; social/political welfare

Answer 2

• jim crow laws (1877)
• black codes
• civil rights act (1875) ‘unconstitutional’
• racial darwinism
• plessy v ferguson ‘separate but equal’ (1896)
• misi constitution anti-black voting (1890)
• great migration (1890)
• NAACP (1909)
• WWI (1917)
• wall st crash (1929)
• new deal (1930s)
• booker t washington, du bois

Question 3

era 2 (1940-1970)

post WWI>WWII inequality by overpopulation; rise of collective activism; legislation-oriented; city/country demographic differences; political/economic welfare

Answer 3

• WWII (1941)
• the CORE (1942)
• brown v board of education of topeka (1950)
• montg bus boycott/rosa parks (1955)
• civil rights act (1957)
• sit-ins (1960)
• freedom rides (1961)
• birmingham campaign (1963)
• march on washington (1963)
• voting act (1965)
• selma montg march (1965)
• black nationalism (1960s)
• march against fear (1966)
• black panthers (1966)
• nixon affirmative action (1967)
• martin luther king jr, malcom x

Question 4

era 3 (1970-1990)

crack epidemic/continued foundational prejudice; media/pop culture/established rights (80s); reagan’s yes/no-ing; est pop culture targeted (80s>90s)

Answer 4

• busing (1971)
• ‘soul train’/disco (1970)
• ‘roots’ novel (1976)
• michael jackson (1982)
• reagan bill (1983)
• crack epidemic (1984)
• HIV/AIDS epidemic and black discrimination (1980s)
• civil rights act (1991)
• rodney king affair and LA riots (1992)