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The Civil Rights Movement Flashcards

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Jim Crow Laws

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nickname given to laws in southern states that enforced segregation

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de jure segregation

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from the law, separating races by law

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de facto segregation

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from the fact, separating races by tradition

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integrate

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put races together in schools and other things

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affirmative action

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set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination

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poll tax

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tax to pay when voting, made illegal by 24th amendment

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literacy test

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reading and writing test ot register to vote

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suffrage

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the right to vote

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thurgood marshall

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brown v. board civil rights lawyer

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naacp

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1909, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ida B. Wells and W.E.B Dubois; end segregation and lynching

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orval faubus

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arkansas governor, sends arkansas national guard to keep black students out of central high school

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james farmer

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founder of CORE

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SNCC

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1960 Shaw University NC

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James Meredith

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first black student to attend University of Mississippi (1962) blocked from registering for classes

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Medgar Evers

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NAACP leader, assassinated June 1963

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Stokely Carmichael

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March against fear, leader of SNCC during 1960’s arrested

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Black Panther Party

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protect African Americans from police brutality

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Malcolm X

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leader of black muslims- opposed MLK’s nonviolence, pilgrimaged to Mecca and changed views, began working with MLK

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CORE

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Congress of Racial Equality, James Farmer founder, Chicago 1942

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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separate but equal (1896)

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Thurgood Marshall, Chief Justice Earl Warren, separate but equal is inherently unequal, ends segregation in schools (1954)

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Little Rock Nine

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Nine black students chosen to integrate Central High School, Daisy Bates leader of NAACP chapter, (1957)

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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december 1955- december 1956, Rosa Parks, African American churches, mass meetings, montgomery improvement association, walking

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Sit- Ins

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The lunch counter, Greensboro, North Carolina- February 1960

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Freedom Riders

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may-sept 1961, travel to southern states to test the supreme court, that interstate bus stations could not segregate bus riders on busses or in bus stations

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White Citizens Councils

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White supremacist

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The Birmingham Protests/ The Children’s March

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April- MAy 1963, “The most segregated city in America”- MLK, National media coverage

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March on Washington

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August 28, 1963- promote the message of the civil rights act, raise awareness of the movement

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Proposed by Kennedy, signed by Johnson July 2, 1964- prohibited discrimination: race, religion, national origin and gender

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Importance of African Americans Voting

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Could elect people who share their beliefs and opinions to positions in the government. more fair trials

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Ways African Americans were kept from voting

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literacy tests, poll taxes, and intimidation

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24th Amendment

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1964- eliminated poll taxes as requirement for voting

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Mississippi Freedom Summer

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1964- SNCC and CORE, college students help register African Americans to vote, freedom schools

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The Selma Montgomery March-

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MArch 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. gain voting rights for African Americans and show country that their rights were being denied in the southern states

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“Bloody Sunday”

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police attack marchers on march 7th, MLK calls for 5 day marches to protest police brutality

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Johnson, eliminated literacy tests, federal examiners had the power to enroll voters denied by local officials, voting changes had to be approved by the federal government.

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March Against Fear

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June 1966, James Meredith, Memphis Tennessee to Jackson Mississippi, James Meredith shot and injured

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Black Power

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call for blacks only to lead in movement and to be proud of their African Heritage

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MLK v. Malcolm X

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MLK believed in nonviolent protests and Malcom X said be violent if necessary

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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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April 4, 1968 Memphis Tennessee, James Earl Ray

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Affirmative Action

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Oakland, California 1966- business and schools set aside a certain number of jobs, positions, admission spots for minorities and women in order to make up for past discrimination and injustices

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