Civil Rights Test Flashcards
Who was part of the black muslin and believed in black supremacy, also assassinated in 1965
Malcolm X
Anti-black protest heightened during the 1870’s (racist organization )
KKK
______ overturned the standard of separatebut equal with an 9-0 ruling was argued by NAACP lawyer, which ended segregation
Brown vs. Board of education
Police chief ____ uses dogs and water hoses on the protesters which was caught on T.V. And horrifies the nation
Bull Conner
This group was created due to blacks becoming frustrated and impatient of the pace with the civil rights movement
Black panthers
___ started when an white officer arrested a black person after failing a drunk driving test, angry crowd started throwing rocks
Watts Riots
This group was established in 1909, was created to fight segregation and establish equal rights for African Americans
NAACP
____ became the first black man appointed into Supreme Court in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
This was the nickname given to Birmingham due to 18 bombing
Bombingham
He was assassinated in Memphis April 4 while there to support black sanitation workers strike
MLKJr.
Was the first to break the color barrier in baseball
Jackie Robinson
Who desegregated the arm forces in 1946
Prez. Truman
This individual attempted to enroll in an all white university at ole Miss
James maraobeth
Court case in 1896 due to a black male refusing to give up his seat in the color section of the rail cars, ended in 7-1 ruling set up separate but equal, legalize segregation
Plessy vs. ferguson
When 200,000 protesters attempted to pressure congress to pass JFK proposal of civil rights deal, also when MLKJr. Gave his I Have A Dream speech
March on Washington in 1963
