UNIT 3 - Civil Right in Post WW2 Era Flashcards
14th Amendment (Equal Protection Clause)
The constitutional guarantee that the law will be applied equally to all people, without regard for such individual characteristics as gender, race, and religion.
Civil Rights
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals.
Boycott
A group’s refusal to do business with some organization or business in protest against its policies.
Nonviolent Resistance
A method of protest that draws attention to a problem without using violence. (Gandhi and MLK)
Civil Disobedience
A group’s refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (wrong) (as in protest against discrimination)
Black Power
the belief that blacks should fight back if attacked. it urged blacks to achieve economic independence by starting and supporting their own business. Malcolm X
Brown v Board of Education (1954)
1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, churches link together to inform blacks about changes in the Civil Rights Movement, led by MLK Jr., was a success
Little Rock 9
1st group of black students who were able to attend an all white school because President Eisenhower used the military to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision
Malcolm X
converted to Nation of Islam in jail in the 50s,
became Black Muslims’ most dynamic street orator and recruiter;
his beliefs were the basis of a lot of the Black Power movement built on seperation and nationalist impulses to achieve true independence and equality
Freedom Riders
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation
Martin Luther King Jr
1950s; civil rights leader advocated non-violence and civil disobedience as tools for change; organized protests such as the March on Washington, as well as indirectly inspired sit-ins and protests across the nation
Jackie Robinson
1947 The first black baseball player to play in the major leagues. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the color barrier in baseball and made way for other changes for equality.
