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Civil Rights 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plessy VS. Ferguson | It is ok for school/bussinesses to be separate as long as they are equal. ( they were not equal) |
| Brown VS. Board of Education | The supreme court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for races are unconstitutional. |
| Hernandez VS. Texas | NAACP Case where Court threw out a Texas law that denied Hispanics from serving in a jury trial. |
| Boynton VS. Virginia | Segregation of interstate buses and in waiting rooms was illegal. This led to boycotts in other cities. |
| 14th Amendment | Provides citizenship to Americans and equal protection under law. |
| 15th Amendment | African American granted voting rights |
| 24th Amendment | This banned pull taxes in voter registration |
| Jim Crow Laws | Mandated segregation in public facilities |
| Segregation | Forced separation of racial groups in a community or establishment. |
| Desegregation | Process of ending separation of two groups ( referring to races) |
| Integration | Act of combining into something whole |
| Nation of Islam | Religious group that believed in the separation for races |
| Civil Rights | Rights of citizens to political social freedom and equality. |
| Civil Disobedience | Refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest |
| Civil Rights Act of 1957 P1 | P1 Pres Eisenhower established a civil rights commission. (this happened because the little rock 9) |
| Civil Rights Act of 1963?? | 1963?? (this now have more of in impact) -banned segregation in public (Jim crow laws) -Gave Federal Gov the power to integrate schools -Outlawed discrimination in employments Established the equal employment opportunity commission it investigated jobs d |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | King wanted to bring changes to voter registration rights and it eliminated literacy tests |
| Little Rocks 9 / Arkansas | After Brown v. Board of education. 9 black students were chosen to attend all white school |
| Motogmer Bus Boycotts | Bus segregation polices |
| Arkansas Gov. was Orval Faubus | He calls in Arkansas national guards to resist, so students do not make it in the school. The press had to call in National troops. (this is happening to little rock 9) |
| The Kenner Commission | -established to investigate civil rights violations and causes of civil rights problems, this did little to Johnson's administration war consumed by the vietnam war. |
| July 1967 Detroit Races Riots | -Riots lasted for 5 days, 43 people were killled, & 342 injured, -national guards troops were called in. |
| Detroit | - detroit was two million people in the mid 60’s, after 1967 ⅔ of the population left the city |
| NAACP | National Association Advancement colored people Lawyer from the NAACP worked to overturn plessy vs. Ferguson |
| CORE | Congress of racial equality Believed in nonviolent ways to gain civil rights, also organized the freedom rides. |
| SCLE | southern christian Leadership Conference Led by Martin Luther King Jr. Led to prayer pilgrimage to Washington D.C. |
| The Black panthers | Led by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. They believed blacks should carry guns and wanted to end police brutally |
| Thurgood Marshall | Would become first African to be named the supreme court |
| Alabama Gov. George Wallace | Super racist "segregation now segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” Wallace won 46 electoral votes in the pres election as an independent condidate. |
| Rose Parks | She refused to give up her seat in the front of the bus to white person & was arrested. |
| Bull connor | Birmingham AI Police chief. He fire bomb bus (free riders) |
| President Kenndy | He projects the riders with Mississippi state troopers. AND helped to negotiate MLK releases when won him votes in 1960 |
| Robert F. Kennedy | Attorney general for JFK/ Johnson was assassinated just months after MLK was assassinated |
| James Mereditn | Wanted to be the first black student to attend the university of mississippi |
| Tommie Smith and John Carlos | Wins gold medals and bronze in 1968 in the 200 meter dash. They were stripped of their medals and banned from the Olympics for making the black power symbol. They were guilty of violating the Olympics spirit by making a political statement. |
| Malcolm x P1 | Change his name from Malcolm Little which he considered his slave name. He joined the Nation of islam and became popular as a speaker. |
| MLK P1 | P1 He turned his attention to poverty in America. Goes to Memphis to support a sanitation workers strike.he stays at the Lorraine motel. He was shot by James Earl King was just 39 years old. |
| Malcolm x P2 | P2 He believed in racial separation because the u.s legal system oppresses people of color, tired of waiting, and didn't like the peaceful protests that resulted in jail. |
| MLK P2 | Milk chose non violent because he was religious and wanted peace, believed in the u.s court system and constitution, wanted supported from white people, |
| 100 southern would resist the brown v. board of ed. southern manifesto | Southern manifesto |
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