JFK & Civil Rights Flashcards
President Johnson
Passed many pro civil rights acts in office
Martin Luther king
Leader of civil rights movement
Rosa parks and boycotts
Major turning point for civil rights, the start of the revolution
CORE & sit ins
Blacks and whites join together defending civil rights
Bay of pigs
US plan to overthrow Castro, violated agreement not to interfere with Western Hemisphere
Cuban missile crisis
S.U. and U.S. both had nuclear missiles pointed at each other
Plessy vs Ferguson
Desperation of white and black people was okay as long as they were equal
March on Washington
Civil rights activists march to DC to show support of JFKs civil rights act
TV Debates
The world was able to see everything happening
Little Rock Arkansas
States fought fed law of desegregation
Freedom riders
CORE volunteers fighting for civil rights by protesting
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation in public places
Warren commission
Investigated the murder of JFK
Berlin Wall
Separates democracy govt and communist govt
What was the connection between Ghandi and MLK?
Non violent protest
Space race
US vs SU, US had first man on moon because of Pres Johnson
Fidel Castro
Overthrow Cuban govt
James Meredith
First black student at University of Mississippi
Thurgood Marshall
Hired by NAACP to fight in courts
James Earl Ray
Assassinated MLK
Jack Ruby
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Medgar Evers
Civil rights leader killed by KKK
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassinated JFK
KKK
White supremacy
