The Civil Rights Era Flashcards
the ___ amendment extended citizenship to blacks
14th
the ___ amendment ended slavery but not white racism
13th
the ___ amendment gave suffrage rights to black males
15th
court case that resulted in the standard of “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites
plessy vs ferguson
established in 1909
goal was to fight segregation and establish equal rights and opportunities for blacks
NAACP- national association for the advancement of colored people
____ _____ desegregated the armed forces in 1946
Harry Truman
first to break color barrier in baseball in 1947 chosen not because he was the best, but because he could handle the pressure #42 is retired in all of MLB today
Jackie Robinson
___ organized voter registration March from Selma to Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
court case that overturned “separate but equal” with 9-0 ruling
brown vs board of education
___ got his start in the civil rights movement by leading the Montgomery bus boycott
MLK Jr
attempted to enroll in all white university (Ole Miss)
gov claimed states rights to prevent integration
JFK sends in troops to ensure admission
James Meredith
the name Birmingham acquires because of the amount of violence
bombingham
police chief in Birmingham
used dogs and water hoses on protesters
gets caught on TV and horrifies the nation
bull Connor
____ gave his “I have a dream” speech during the march on Washington (1963)
MLK Jr
6 day riot in la
started when a white police officer arrested a black driver after he failed the field sobriety test
watts riots
black Muslim
believed in black supremacy
Malcolm X
1966 militant group formed as part of the black power movement
black panthers
1st black man to be appointed to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
___ was assassinated in Memphis on April 4 while there to support a black sanitation workers strike
MLK
2000 protestors attempt to pressure congress to pass JFKs proposed civil rights bill
MLK gives his speech
March on Washington (1963)
personal statement
nonviolent - letter, book, billboard/sign, speech, song
group demonstration
nonviolent- meeting, March, vigil, info booth, picket, petition drive
civil disobedience / passive resistance
nonviolent- sit in/walk out, sit down strike, trespass, disrupt a meeting, illegal March
economic pressure
nonviolent - boycott, embargo, labor strike
legal action
nonviolent- law suits, government passed laws
property destruction
violent-
physical attacks
violent - injury, assassination
martyrdom
violent- hunger strike, suicide as protest, risking death for cause
