Civil Rights Movement Flashcards

Flashcards about the Civil Rights Movement

Years of the Civil Rights Movement

1954-1965

Successes of the Civil Rights Movement

Dismantling legal segregation and disfranchisement in the South.

Methods used to pressure the Federal Government

Non-violent protests and court cases.

Persistent problem despite Civil Rights Movement successes

Racial discrimination.

Challenges of Black Life in Postwar America

Poverty, Segregation, Disfranchisement, Violence.

Segregation - Legal

Legal segregation primarily in the South.

Segregation - Custom

Segregation by custom outside of the South.

NAACP's Work

Challenges to Segregation.

Year of Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Nonviolent Protests.

Years of Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955-56

Sit-Ins

Nonviolent Protests.

Year of the Sit-Ins

1960

Freedom Rides

Nonviolent Protests.

Year of Freedom Rides

1961

Birmingham Protests

Nonviolent Protests.

Date of Birmingham Protests

April 1963

Response to Civil Rights before 1964

Federal Government Slow to Respond.

Legislation passed in 1964

Civil Rights Act.

Focus of Freedom Summer

Securing Voting Rights.

Year of Freedom Summer

1964

Selma Protests

Securing Voting Rights.

Dates of Selma Protests

January-March 1965

Voting Rights Act

Securing Voting Rights.

Year of the Voting Rights Act

1965

Assessing the Civil Rights Movement

Gains of the Civil Rights Movement.

Civil Rights Movement Conclusion

Remaining Problems following the Civil Rights Movement.

CRM Successes

Provided action by Federal Government.

Legal challenge to segregation

NAACP’s Work

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Federal Government Slow to Respond

Selma Protests (January-March 1965)

Securing Voting Rights

Securing Voting Rights

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Despite these successes

Forms of racial discrimination persisted

Black Life in Postwar America

Segregation

Black Life in Postwar America

Violence

Black Life in Postwar America

Disfranchisement in South

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56)

Nonviolent Protests

Nonviolent Protests

Freedom Rides (1961)

Nonviolent Protests

Birmingham Protests (April 1963)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Federal Government Slow to Respond

Federal Government Slow to Respond

Civil Rights Act: Impact

Securing Voting Rights

Freedom Summer (1964)

Securing Voting Rights

Selma Protests (January-March 1965)

Securing Voting Rights

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Conclusion

Assessing the Civil Rights Movement

Segregation

Black Life in Postwar America

Legal Challenges to Segregation

NAACP’s Work

Sit-Ins (1960)

Nonviolent Protests

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act: Passage

Civil Rights Movement

Voting Rights Act of 1965