Questions of Race and Inequality Flashcards
Louisiana enacted a law
requiring separate railway cars
for blacks and whites and this led to what case?
Plessy V. Ferguson
Who said that patriotism is not like choosing what parts of your country’s history from the “a la carte” that you like, but accepting all of your nation’s history.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Who was arrested for sitting in the “whites only” train?
Homer Plessy
What amendment was arresting Plessy violating?
The 14th amendment which states that a state cannot enforce a law that denies a US citizen “of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
What was the majority opinion from the Plessy V. Ferguson case?
That there is a difference between political equality and social equality, and social equality cannot be forced so the state of Louisiana is not in the wrong.
” one race be inferior
to the other socially, the constitution of the United States cannot put
them upon the same plane.” is a quote from what case?
Plessy V. Ferguson
Who said this famous quote? “Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes
among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal
before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.
The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings
or of his color…. ”
Harlan
Why was Plessy V. Ferguson such a big deal?
Plessy v. Ferguson sanctions
racial segregation as
constitutional.
Were the two men who kidnapped, beat, and killed Emmett Till prosecuted? Why or why not?
No, they had an all-white (racist) jury
What’s the name of the town in Pennsylvania that was extremely unwelcoming to an African-American family?
Levittown
Who said this famous quote? “Having been enslaved for 250 years, black people were not left to their own
devices. They were terrorized. In the Deep South, a second slavery ruled. In
the North, legislatures, mayors, civic associations, banks, and citizens all
colluded to pin black people into ghettos, where they were overcrowded,
overcharged, and undereducated. Businesses discriminated against them,
awarding them the worst jobs and the worst wages. Police brutalized them
in the streets. …
Te-Nehisi Coates
The Brown V. Board of Education ruled what in regard to the segregation of schools?
“Separate educational
facilities are inherently
unequal.”
How did the Brown V. Board of Education case get started?
Brown, a Black father, fought the case when his daughter was denied admission to a nearby elementary school in Topeka, Kansas, so she had to travel to a black elementary school further away. He said this violated the 14th amendment.
What are some of the non-violent acts of the Civil Rights Movement?
Bus boycotts, sit-ins at lunch counters, marches, and peaceful protests
Who inspired these non-violent acts?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What happened in the march from Selma to Birmingham?
Civil Rights Activist were trampled by the police force on horses and gassed. Some were hospitalized and the whole thing was on national television. Those who marched knelt down in prayer and it didn’t stop the hate.
Who famously said, “I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply
rooted in the American dream.”?
MLK Jr
Who famously said, “It is
obvious today that America has
defaulted on this promissory note insofar
as her citizens of color are concerned.”?
MLK Jr
How did Malcolm X differ in his activist views from MLK Jr?
He believed that activists should be violent, or nothing would ever change
Who said “Today it’s time to stop singing and
start swinging.” ?
Malcolm X
Who said “We don’t see any American
dream; we’ve experienced
only the American
nightmare.”?
Malcolm X
Who said “It’s got to be the ballot or the bullet.”?
Malcolm X
Who said “I’m nonviolent with those who are nonviolent with me.” ?
Malcolm X
Sweeping legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, or national origin. Under the commerce clause, prohibits segregation in
public places. defines what?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The 24th amendment abolished what?
Poll taxes meaning that even if you don’t pay taxes but you are a US citizen you can vote which made it easier for African Americans to vote
Who did the voting rights of 1965 help?
African Americans
Who said, “But still we are haunted. It is as though we have run up a credit-card bill
and, having pledged to charge no more, remain befuddled that the balance
does not disappear. The effects of that balance, interest accruing daily, are
all around us.”?
Ta-Nehisi Coates
