US History B- Chapter 45: Redefining Equality 낱말 카드 | Quizlet

Black Power

The call by many civil rights activists to have economic and political power, with an emphasis on not relying on nonviolent protest.

Ghettos

A part of a city where people belonging to a single ethnic group live.

Watts Riot

A 1965 race riot in LA cause by frustrations about poverty, prejudice and police mistreatment.

Kerner Commission

Formerly the National Advisory Commission who examined what caused riots and civil disorders.

Nation of Islam

A religious group of Black Muslims

Malcolm X

The Nation of Islam's most notable preacher who advocated for Black Nationalism

Black Nationalism

A doctrine that called for complete separation from white society.

Stokely Carmichael

The leader of the SNCC and introduced the idea of Black Power

Black Panther Party

A group founded in 1966 that demanded economic and political rights and was prepared to take violent action

Plebiscite

A vote on a question of importance

Shirley Chisholm

The first black women elected to Congress.

Afrocentrism

A focus on African History, culture and achievements of African peoples and their descendants in the United States

Civil Rights Act of 1968

A law that included a ban on discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

A 1971 Supreme Court ruling that busing was an acceptable way to achieve school integration

Affirmative Action

Policy which called on employers to actively seek to increase the number of minorities in their workforce

Preferential Treatment

Giving preference to a minority or female job applicant because of that person's ethnicity or gender. This looked like unfair discrimination against white males.

Reverse Discrimination

Discrimination against whites or males

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

A 1978 Supreme Court ruling that narrowly upheld affirmative action, declaring that race may be one factor, but not the sole criterion, in school admissions.