EXAM Flashcards
(56 cards)
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
Also a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in which they ruled racial segregation didn’t violate the U.S Constitution
Rosa Parks
A black women who decided not to get her seat taken by a white person on a bus. Arrested but starts a new movement called the bus boycott.
James Meredith
First African American to integrate Ole Miss 1962
March on Washington
Turning point in the civil rights movement, MLK Gave his speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Freedom Summers
A volunteer campaign in the U.S launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American votes as possible in Mississippi
Sit Ins
When few or many people sit down at a place to occupy an area for protest.
Greensboro Four
4 black young men who started the first sit in at Greensboro. Ezell Blair, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil.
Huey Newton
Founder of the black panther party
Nation of Islam
A religious and political organization founded in the U.S by Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X
Black Panther Party
A black power organization founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
24th Amendment
Ended the poll tax so you didn’t have to pay to vote which prevented many Africa Americans from voting
James Earl Ray
The suspected assassinator of MLK
Thurgood Marshall
American civil rights lawyer for the Supreme Court, won the brown vs. board case.
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: Locally based, student run organization led by ella baker
Little Rock 9
National Guard prevents nine students, including Elizabeth Eckford, from entering Little Rock Central High School under orders from Governor of Arkansas
Jackie Robinson
First black person to integrate from the Negro Leagues to the MLB
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists who rode buses to show that segregated buses were unconstitutional
Ella Baker
Founder of the SCLC and SNCC
Bobby Seale
Founder of the Black Panther Party
Martin Luther King
Young Baptist minister, made first appearance speaking at bus boycott meeting, he gets his inspiration from God, Gandhi, and Randolph
Victims of the freedom summer murders
A. Goodman, M. Schwerner, and J Chaney
Elijah Muhammad
Led the Nation of Islam (NOI)
Linda Brown
3rd grade little girl who was one of the first to integrate schools and became the center of the Brown vs. Board of Education.
