The Cilil Rights Movement Takes Shape Flashcards
Thur good Marshall
Thur good Marshall who went on to become Supreme Court, justice and Jack Greenberg led the courtroom battles against segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
In the 1950s, five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington,D.C, came together under the title of Brown v. Board of Education
Little Rock Nine
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School . These students became as the Little Rock Nine.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks boarded a bus and sat in the front row of section reserved for black passengers. When the bus became full, the driver told parks and three others to give their seats to the white passengers. Parks refused. The bus driver called the police, and Parks was taken to jail.
Montgomery bus boycott
In the Montgomery bus boycott, thousands of African Americans stoped riding the buses.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.,a young Baptist minister.The 26 -year- old king already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners.
Sit-in
Sit-in— a demonstration in which protesters sit down and refuse to leave
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
To continue the struggle for civil rights, the leaders of the student protects formed to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was a president
Freedom Rides
To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests called Freedom Rides , in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the South.
March of Washington
March of Washington a massive demonstration for civil rights.
London B Jonson
Lyndon B. Johnson was quickly sworn in as a president . Dallas police arrested an alleged assassin lee Harvey Oswald.
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 The act banned Segregation in public places . It also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color , gender religion , or national origin .
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Bolting Rights Act of 1965 which Johnson signed into law in August . This law gave federal government new powers to protect African Americans bolting Rights .
Great Society
His program of domestic reforms that he called the great society
Black power
Black Power movement , which called for African American independence
Malcom X
Malcom X helped inspire the black power movement He was a leader of the nations of Islam an organization that combined ideas about African Americans independence with a teaching of Islam Malcom x argued that African Americans should work for SoCal or political independence .
Cesar Chavez
Cesar was a a Hispanic American
