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What event in 1955 sparked the long legal battle to desegregate the country
An african american refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus
What strategy did core use in northern cities to shame restaurants into serving african american customers
sit-ins
What was the supreme court's ruling in the case of brown vs board of education
that the segregation of public schools is unconstitutional
Why did MLK Jr. advocate nonviolent passive resistance as a primary means of achieving civil rights
He believed it was moral and would also win the hearts of whites
What civil rights passive resistance protest proved effective and helped give the movement momentum
The montgomery bus boycott
How did president eisenhower respond to the arkansa governorś use of troops to prevent integration
He sent in the military to protect african american rights
What movement within the civil rights campaign drew record number of college students to the struggle for equal rights
sit-ins at businesses
Sncc drew many northern african americans to the south in order to
help register rural african americans to vote
Who were the freedom riders
Black and white americans that rode interstate buses to protest segregation
In letter from birmingham jail mlk proposed what principle
That unjust laws must be disobeyed
How did news of the attack on african american protests affect the movement nationwide
It drew more support for the movement's goals
What american ideal did mlk's "I have a dream" speech reinforce
That freedom is for everyone, regardless of their race, religion, or creed
Among the provisions of the 1964 civil rights act
The establishment of the equal employment opportunity commission
Why was the voting rights act of 1965 a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement
It protected black american voters giving a political voice in the south
Why did african american communities continue to suffer despite civil rights legislation
Racism was common in the US and it continued despite new laws
The fristation of impoverished african americans resulted in _______ in the late 1960s
Race riots
Once civil rights legislation was passed, Dr. King focused on ending
The economic hardships of african americans
What spurred the black power movement
Economic disparity could not be solved using passive resistant methods
Why were many young african americans drawn to the black power movement
Frustration at continued economic discrimination faced by their community
______ became the foremost figure of the black power movement of the 1960s
Malcolm X
A group of african americans who sought to end racial oppression and gail control over various social institutions
The black panthers
How did king's assassination affect the civil rights movement
The movement lost the unit and grounding he had given
What was the primary focus of the civil rights act of 1968
Creating fair housing standards
Martin Luther King Jr.
U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing NON-violent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
Fannie Lou Hamer
a SNCC organizer and former sharecropper who had been evicted from her farm after registering to vote & thrown in jail for urging other African Americans to register to vote; helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party & challenged the legality of the segregated Democratic Party at the Democratic Convention
Thurgood Marshall
American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall was a tireless advocate for the rights of minorities and the poor.
Robert Moses
One of SNCC's most influential leaders. Recruited black and white volunteers to help rural blacks register to vote
Rosa Parks
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national civil rights movement (born in 1913)
Malcolm X
1952; renamed himself X to signify the loss of his African heritage; 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 seperationist and nationalist impulsesto achieve true independence and equality
Stokley Carmichael
In 1966, as chair of SNCC, he called to assert Black Power. Supporting the Black Panthers, he was against integration.
Huey P. Newton
Black Panther founder and leader, organized the party for self defense
Linda Brown
Black girl who was refused enrollment in the closest school to her house because of segregation.
Ella Baker
55 year old executive director of the SCLC; urged student leaders who had encouraged sit-ins to create their own organization (the SNCC - Student Nonviolent Cooperating Committee)
Southern Manifesto
The manifesto was a document written by legislators opposed to integration. Most of the signatures came from Southern Democrats, showing that they would stand in the way of integration, leading to another split/shift in the Democratic Party.
Peaceful protest strategies
sit-ins, boycotts, marches, voter registration drives, freedom rides, rallies, non-violent resistance.
Little Rock Nine
In September 1957 the school board in Little rock, Arkansas, won a court order to admit nine African American students to Central High a school with 2,000 white students. The governor ordered troops from Arkansas National Guard to prevent the nine from entering the school. The next day as the National Guard troops surrounded the school, an angry white mob joined the troops to protest the integration plan and to intimidate the AA students trying to register. The mob violence pushed Eisenhower's patience to the breaking point. He immediately ordered the US Army to send troops to Little Rock to protect and escort them for the full school year.
What did Thurgood Marshall do
Lead the NAACP legal team
Why was Selma selected as a place of protest
this was perhaps the most racist region in the nation at the time and it was also the location where a noted civil rights advocate had been murdered.
One thing that Johnson had (advantage) that Kennedy did not have was what?
Robert Kennedy 1968 running for president and he was trying to help African Americans register to vote how?