History Flashcards
what was de facto segregation
segregation by tradition and custom instead of law
He organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington but is largely unknown because he was gay.
Bayard Rustin
Besides banning racial discrimination, the Civil Rights Act also banned discrimination based upon
religion, gender, national origin
Which phrase or term best describes the the day to day experiences of the Little Rock 9 and Central High School?
harrassment and occasional violence
What simple yet daunting plan did four freshmen students at North Carolina A&T University come up with?
To sit at the “whites only” lunch counter at Woolworth’s
what made nonviolence training and workshops so intense?
participants had to learn to take being hit and spit upon
Why were Black WWII veterans denied access to money and loans made available by the GI Bill of Rights
access to funds was determined by the states not the federal government
In 1948, President Truman’s Executive Order 9981 did the following:
it desegregated the military
Mendez v. Westminster ended segregation in this state almost eight years before Brown v. Board of Education
california
How did Brown v. Board of Education help the Civil Rights Movement?
it led to the overturning of of many public segregation laws
The lynching of this 14 year old showed the nation the violence that Blacks in the South were forced to live with.
Emmett Till
Why did Dr. King advocate using nonviolent resistance as a primary means of achieving civil rights?
He believed it was moral and would also win the hearts of Whites
She was angered by the murder of Emmett Till which led to her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
Rosa Parks
This was the primary tactic used by the Civil Rights Movement to combat segregation and injustice.
nonviolence
What allowed the Freedom Riders to be beaten by a mob at the bus station in Birmingham, Alabama?
The Birmingham PD gave the klan 15 minutes to attack the Freedom Riders
In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Dr. King proposed what principal?
that unjust laws must be disobeyed
How did news of attacks on African Americans protesters affect the movement nationwide?
it drew more support for the movement’s goals
What happened at the 16th Street Baptist Church less than three weeks after the March on Washington DC?
a bombing at the church killed four girls
The campaign to register voters in Mississippi is known as
Freedom Summer
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 suspended
discriminatory devices like literacy tests
what is de jure segregation
segregation by law, legalized segregation
The sit in movement ended up costing Woolworth its reputation and more importantly as a business, this
Money/Profits
In his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Dr. King wrote that justice delayed is justice -
denied
