Segregation & Racism Flashcards
1
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What were the race riots from 1965 to 1967?
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- A series of riots where black people and police fought each other
- they were a domestic crisis for the government
2
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What were the 1960 Greensborough sit ins?
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- Black and some white students would sit in a white section when ordering and refuse to move until they were served
- white people were torment them split push and throw things on them
- Resulting in African Americans being arrested
3
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What where the may 1961 freedom rides?
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- black and white students sat next to each other when riding a bus, boycotting segregation
- Resulted in the KKK being violent to the bus riders one bus was blown up
4
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What did Oliver Brown do?
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- He took the local education authority to court and lost the case
- He appealed the case and it went to the Supreme Court
- in May 1954 the chief judge of the Supreme Court declared that every white education board had to end segregation in schools
5
Q
Who is Malcolm X?
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- known as the most influential black movement/campaigner for a black supremacy
- wanted segregation however wanted blacks to be superior
- used violence
6
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Who was Cassius Clay?
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- He became known as Muhammad Ali
- wasn’t afraid to antagonise the white establishment
7
Q
What was the ‘nation of Islam’?
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- Violent protests
- believed black people should be superior to white people
- wanted segregation + improve conditions of black Americans spiritually and mentally
8
Q
Who did the Ku Klux Klan target? (kkk)
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- Catholics
- European immigrants
- Communists
- white people
9
Q
Who were the ‘black panthers’?
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- had armed citizens to monitor the behaviours of police
- Violent group who often carried weapons
- 1968 had 5000 members
10
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What did Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech” in 1963 lead to?
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- Urged America to make real promises of democracy
- was supported by Kennedy
- resulted in Congress moving faster in passing the in the civil rights act (1964)
11
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What did the civil rights act 1964 do?
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- prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
12
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Who were “WASP’s”?
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- White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
