Civil Rights movement

Question 0

Who was Emmett Till?

Answer 0

14 year old boy who was tortured badly and murdered by Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam.

Question 1

Civil Rights violations have been occurring since the founding of our country but why now? Why do people want to change inequality now?

Answer 1

We are seeing more and more violence and it is getting harder to ignore.

Question 2

What is the story of Emmett Till?

Answer 2

A boy who visited his cousins in Mississippi. “Flirted” with a women named Carolyn Bryant. Days later he was kidnapped, tortured, and killed by her husband Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. Medgar Evers (NAACP) helped the family with their case but they did not win. This was one event that brought attention to the civil rights movement.

Question 3

Institutional racism and Individual’s bigotry

Answer 3

System of inequality based on race. it can occur in Institutions such as public Gov’t bodies, privet buisness’,schools, etc.GROUP

Someone who has intolerance towards other peoples opinions. Ex. An Intolerant racist INDIVIDUAL

Question 4

Seperate but Equal

Answer 4

Segregation but the blacks and the whites should be equal.

Question 5

“Plessy VS Ferguson”

Answer 5

Victory- forced black train cars to be exactly the same

Question 6

Brown VS Board of Education

Answer 6

1954, led to the Supreme Court ruling for desegregation in school.

The south disagrees and trys to stall this desegrigation.
“with all deliberate speed.”
Southern Manifesto- Massive Resistance to Desegregation 101/128
Southern schools dont begin to desegrigate until around 10 yrs later.

Question 7

The Little Rock Nine

Answer 7

Governor Faubus
Attempt at Desegregation in a southern school
1957

Question 8

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 8

Led to desegregation on busses by the Supreme Court

It lasted 381 days. Led by MLK. was a nonviolent mass protest.

Question 9

MLK and Non violence, confrontational, Civil disobedience

Answer 9

MLK led Non violent protests and marches. This does not mean they were not confrontational. To Disobey a law that you find unjust or immoral

Question 10

Freedom Rides

Answer 10

a movement to integrate busses (started in DC and ended in Louisiana) (1961- JFK is president)

Question 11

SNCC

Answer 11

SNCC- student non violent coordinating comitee- started the sit-in movements

Question 12

Sit-Ins

Answer 12

greensborough NC was the first sit-in
grass roots- They started very simple and then bloomed into something much more powerful
These protests tried to improve equality in public places like diners.

Question 13

SCLC

Answer 13

southern christian leader committee

Elebaker- helps MLKJ organize these kids in the sit-ins and help spread the movement

Question 14

CORE

Answer 14

(congress on racial equality) organized the freedom rides

Question 15

The Civil Rights Act

Answer 15

Passed in 1964

It ended segregation in all public places.

Question 16

What finally pused JFK to endorce the CRA?

Answer 16

He was recieving a lot of pressure from the African American community. during the election he advertised that he would pass a law for desegregation.

Question 17

Voteing Rights Act

Answer 17

• Prohibits Voteing discrimination
• Preclearence Provision ( says to the 15 states that discriminate; if you want to change anything about voteing must get it passed throught congress

Question 18

LBJ- Lyindon B. Johnson

Answer 18

Had been a southern congressmen
Strong advocate of civil rights protections
President After JFK was assasenated
passed CRA

Question 19

2013 Supreme Court Voting rights act Ruling

Answer 19

• removed preclearence provision

- 5-4 vote its very devided 5 decided it was uncontitutional and 4 did not

Question 20

kerner commision

Answer 20

spending money to fugure out why people are rioting.