Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
The three types of non-violent protest:
Sit-ins, Marches, Boycotts
Two early important figures in the Civil Rights Movement
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King, Jr. used this general kind of protest
non-violent protest
Boycotts…
hurt the wallets of racist business owners
this type of protest gets media attention and police overreactions
marches
The fight for equal rights for minorities (especially Black people) in the US was called…
The Civil Rights Movement
Religious groups were heavily involved in this event
The March on Washington
Brown vs Board ended segregation in…
Schools
What happened to the Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
It was burned down + many residents were killed by a white mob
Feminists fight for…
equal rights for men and women
What president was murdered in the 1960s?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson’s programs for the poor and minorities?
Great Society
Refusing loans because certain blocks have too many Black people and other minorities
Redlining
Sit-ins…
Get sympathy for protestors and make racists look bad