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Civil Rights Flashcards for Period 2 2024's Projects.

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How old was Katherine Johnson when she started high school   10  
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“Hidden Figures”   The movie made that represents Katherine Johnson and the development of spaceflight  
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How long did Katherine Johnson work for the U   S  
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Where did Katherine Johnson go to college   West Virginia State College  
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Freedom 7 The spacecraft that put The first U   S  
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Who sued William G   Cooper and the Little Rock School Board  
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Why did John Aaron sue the school board   They wanted to delay Desegregation for 30 days  
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What did the Supreme Court rule   They ruled that Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional  
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What did the ruling show other states   That they couldn’t fight the Supreme Court  
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What did this case end   It ended segregation in Arkansas schools  
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Where did John Forman receive his degree   Cornell University  
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In what city did Forman grow up in   Chicago, Illinois  
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Involved in the expanding Southern civil rights movement   Formans main purpose  
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   an organization he was a part of  
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A speech Forman gave   Black manifesto  
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Sick Tax   A ruling by Judge Homer S Brown stated that a Pittsburgh city tax on hospitals is unconstitutional.  
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NAACP   National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is a civil rights organization in the United States  
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Pennsylvania state Fair Employment Practices Act   Laws that protect workers from discrimination for race, religion, or national origin  
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Friendly Service Committee   A committee that brown chaired to reduce crime in the Hill City District of Pittsburgh  
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Pittsburgh Package   A package of housing improvements credited to brown in his tenure as judge of allegheny county  
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Patsy Mink   She was the first woman of color to be elected to the U  
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Title IX   It protects people from discrimination based on their sex to be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance  
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Early Childhood Education   Patsy Mink helped fight for early childhood education rights  
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Gender Rights   Patsy Fought for Gender rights after being turned away from jobs during her life due to her gender  
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Affordable Childcare   She fought for affordable childcare for everyone no matter what they looked like  
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Marvin Gaye   An American singer and songwriter, who tackled difficult issues and set new standards for the black music industry  
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Black Music Industry   A specific part of the music industry made specifically for the black community so they are not limited by the modern world/standards  
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“What's Going On”   One of Marvin Gaye’s most popular songs belongs to the album “What's going on”  
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American Soul Music   American Soul is a type of music that incorporates rhythm, blues, and gospel  
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Artist Controlled Music   Songs written by the artist that sings them  
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Congress of racial equality   They were a group who used peaceful and direct action during  
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the civil rights movement   Once even working with Martin Luther king jr  
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Black power movement   The black power movement campaigned for racial pride, more cultural buildings,and a larger acceptance of african culture  
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Freedom Schools   Temporary free school for African American children Originally they were made as a part of the civil rights movements  
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Interstate commerce commission   The commission that oversaw the conduct of the railroad industry  
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Core freedom rides   Bus rides from Washington D  
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Pittsburgh Courier   A very important “black” newspaper in the times of segregation  
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Working Class   People who work jobs, specifically manual or industrial jobs  
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Photographer   A person who takes pictures, for work, for fun, or for educational purposes  
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Civil Rights   The fight made towards justice and equality for African americans in the 1950’s to the 1960’s  
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Who was Charles “teenie” Harris   A photographer born in Pittsburgh who took photos of the working class and shone a new light on African Americans  
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Today I Sing the Blues   Aretha Franklin’s first single  
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What did Aretha die from   Pancreatic cancer  
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When did Aretha have her first child   When she was 12  
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How many children did Aretha have   4  
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When did Aretha die   August 16, 2018  
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When did the Children’s March take place   May 2, 1963  
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Where did the Children’s March take place   Birmingham Alabama  
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What was the purpose of the March   To demand an end to segregation  
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How did the police respond to the March   They responded in violence  
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About how many attended the march   1,000-5,000 students  
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The march in Washington that Phillip Randolph led was for what cause   End deployment discrimination  
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When was Phillip Randolph born   April 15th, 1889  
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Where did Phillip go to college   The City College of New York  
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Phillip Randolph was awarded medals for his acts against segregation, how many did he earn   3  
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Randolph ran what group in 1925   Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters  
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Billie Holiday   A Jazz singer from the 1930’s  
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What is Billie’s Holiday’s real name   Eleanora Fagan  
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How many grammy awards has Billie won   5  
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Who did Billie Holiday first sign with   Columbia Records  
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Where was Billie’s Holiday’s debut show   The Apollo Theater  
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What Hall of Fame’s is Billie Holiday in   Rock and Roll and Nesuhi Ertugan Jazz Hall of Fames  
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What is the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing   1960’s bombing that was done by the KKK The church was bombed because the main inhabitants were people with colored skin  
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Telegram   A message sent by a telegraph, and then printed and delivered to someone's House  
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KKK   Also called the Ku Klux Klan, they were a white supremacist group Some of the members did terroristic activities, and some would straight up murder  
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MLK   Martin Luther King JR was a major civil rights activist, who fought for the desegregation of African Americans  
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Robert Chambliss   Also known as Dynamite Bob, he was one of the four suspects who got charged for the church bombing He was a white supremacist  
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Ella Fitzgerald   American Jazz singer who is known for her impressive vocal range and her improvised scat singing  
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Norman Granz   Ella Fitzgerald’s manager who was determined to shield his colleagues from discrimination  
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Temperance Fitzgerald   Ella Fitzgerald’s Mother  
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Racial Discrimination   Treating someone negatively because of their race, ethnicity, etc  
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Wrote many novels that showed the life of a black man in segregated America   Ralph Ellison  
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What did Ralph Ellison do   An important writer during the Civil Rights Movement  
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Ralph Ellison's most popular book which won multiple awards   The Invisible Man  
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What were Ralph Ellison’s books about   His view on racism in the U  
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The award The Invisible Man won in 1953   The National Book Award  
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Which event inspired MLK to pursue his career as a Civil Rights activist   Montgomery Bus Boycott  
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What was the purpose of Brown v   Board of Education  
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Who is famously known for the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott   Rosa Parks  
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When was segregated transportation ruled unconstitutional   December 20, 1956  
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What group was declared the first African-Americans to attend a High School in Arkansas   “The Little Rock Nine”  
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Who was Herbie Hancock   Herbie Hancock was a jazz musician who became famous through his album “Head Hunters”  
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What instrument did Herbie Hancock play   Herbie hancock played the piano, clavinet, and the synthesizer  
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Jazz   Jazz is a style of music which is usually made up of swung notes or blue notes  
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Synthesizer   The synthesizer is a musical instrument under the electronic instruments family  
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Head Hunters   Head Hunters is the band created by Herbie Hancock  
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What were the Jim Crow Laws   The Jim Crow Laws were created to mandate racial segregation in public facilities and public transportation  
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When were the Jim Crow Laws Created   The Jim Crow Laws were created in the 1870s  
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When were the Jim Crow Laws Abolished   The Jim Crow Laws were abolished in 1964 and 1965 with the Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act  
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What hate group was influenced by the Jim Crow Laws   The Ku Klux Klan  
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Who were the KKK and what did they do   The KKK, created in 1865, was a secret society that terrorized Africans Americans  
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Where was Julian Bond born   Nashville, Tennessee  
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What state was he a House Representative for   Georgia  
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Why did Bond leave politics   After losing to civil rights leader John Lewis  
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What University did he teach at   He taught at several including American University and the University of Virginia  
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Who were the two leaders that insisted the march go forward   A Philip Randolph, King  
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How many people gathered in front of Lincoln Memorial   250,000 people  
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Who planned the march on Washington   A Philip Randolph  
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Who issued the Fair Employment Practices Commission to investigate racial discrimination charges against defense firms   President Franklin D  
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What year was CORE founded   1942  
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Who worked with CORE   Martin Luther King Jr  
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What did Core organize   Freedom Rides in the spring of 1961  
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What organization worked with CORE   King’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
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What did CORE support   the boycott of the city's buses  
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