Civil Rights Vocab Flashcards
(25 cards)
1.Brown V. Board of Education
In the early 1950s, five schools segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., came together under the title of Brown V. Board of education
2.Little Rock nine
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High school.
3.Montgomery bus boycott
Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses
4.Martin Luther King Jr.
A young Baptist minister. The 26-year old King had already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words can motivate any one who would listen.
5.Rosa parks
She boarded a bus and sat in the front row of the section reserved for black passengers. When the bus became full, the driver told Parks and three others to give their seats to white passengers Parks refused.
6.Sit-in
A demonstration in which protesters sit down and refused to leave.
7.Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the students protests formed it.
8.Freedom rides
CORE organized a series of protests called the Freedom Ride. In which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregate bus stations in the south
9.March on Washington
A massive demonstration for civil rights
10.Lyndon B.Johnson
Was sworn in as president
11.Civil rights act of 1964
The act banned segregation in public places. It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, religion, or national origin
12.Voting Rights act of 1965
Which Johnson signed into the law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans’ voting rights.
13..John F. Kennedy (J.F.K)
Won the election in 1960, he became the youngest person to be elected president of the United States.
15.Great Society
This program is domestic reforms that president Johnson called it the Great Society.
16.Black Power
Movement, which called for African American independence.
17.Malcolm X
He helped inspire the Black Power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam, an organization that combined ideas about African American independence with teachings of Islam.
18.Cesar Chavez
Was on of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions
19.United Farm Workers
This Union was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant workers, those who move seasonally from farm to farm for work.
20.National Organization for women
(NOW) to fight for equal educational and career opportunities or women.
21.Equal Rights Amendment
Would outlaw all discrimination based on sex
22.Shirley Chisholm
Was elected to represent a New York district in House Of Representatives
23.Phyllis Schlafly
A conservative activist,founded the group STOP ERA to prevent its ratification.
24.American Indians Movement
Founded in 1968 to fight for Native Americans’ rights.
25.Disable in Actions
To make people aware of challenges facing people with disabilities
