Civil Rights in 1960s America Flashcards
During the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. advocated the use of nonviolent resistance to bring about social change and racial equality in the United States. King was assassinated in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The first piece of federal civil rights legislation in over 80 years, which established the Commission on Civil Rights, an organization responsible for investigating voter violations.
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
A 1964 program by President Lyndon Johnson, which attempted to address poverty, racial injustice, urban decay, unemployment, national beautification, and education in the United States.
The Great Society Program
In 1955, Rosa Parks challenged segregation on public transportation in Alabama, when she refused to surrender her seat to a white bus rider. She was arrested as a result, sparking bus boycotts.
Rosa Parks
A branch of feminism that emerged during the Civil Rights Movement.
Conservative feminists believed in maintaining the status quo of female societal roles, and self-fulfillment.
Conservative Feminism
The 1954 Supreme Court ruling that segregation in public facilities violated African Americans’ constitutional right of equal protection under the law.
Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka
During the 1960s, the Red Power Movement was a coming together of Native American tribes in order to secure economic and social equality in American society.
The Red Power Movement
A manifesto that became the template of the student movement during the 1960s. It was issued by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1962, and favored participatory democracy.
The Port Huron Statement
A civil rights activist who advocated support for the Nation of Islam, Black Nationalism, and racial segregation in American society.
Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
Malcolm X
This piece of legislation prevented polling stations from issuing literacy tests prior to voting, in an attempt to prevent racial discrimination and voter suppression.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
A militant wing of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, formed by individuals who separated themselves from non-violent campaigns.
The Black Panthers sought to address racial injustice.
The Black Panthers
A subsection of feminism that emerged during the Civil Rights Movement, which believed that men oppressed every aspect of women, and called for an anti-male revolution.
Radical Feminism
This Supreme Court decision, in which the University of Texas was ordered to admit a black law student into an all-white law school, is widely viewed as the start of the civil rights movement.
Sweatt v. Painter, 1950
A book authored by Betty Friedan which paved the way for liberal feminism and second-wave feminism during the 1960s.
The Feminine Mystique
