Black Power Quiz #2

What was the Southern Christian Leadership Confrence’s main focus?

Removing barriers that kept black people from voting

What two events prompted students to get involved in the Freedom Summit Movement?

The 1960s Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

The killing of the three men who were investigating the church burning; James Chaney, Mickey Schwerner, Andrew Goodman

What was the primary focus of Ida B Well’s Research, and what was it called?

She traveled across the South, and looking to why Black men were being lynched. She found that it was because white people were describing them as “Uppity”, and not because they were sexually assaulting white women. These findings were called the Red Record.

During the Freedom Summit, those in the South Noticed ________ from the North, which caused problems with people getting detected

Northern License Plates

What were the locations of the three major bus boycotts, and why did they occur here?

• Baton Rouge (1953) - Southern University

• Montgomery (1955) - Alabama State

• Tallahassee (1956) - Florida A&M University

All of them were located near a HBCU…talk about why being in a major city was a good thing for these boycotts

What were three occupations where you didn’t have to rely on the white dollar?

Working as a minister, a barber or hairstylist, or working in a black funeral home

What is the tri-partide system?

Social, political, and economic domination

Why was Rosa parks the face of the bus boycotts?

She was a respectable women. She was married, and was known for being apart of the NAACP.

What is the institutional core of the Black Community?

The Black Church

What’s the MC?

Master of Ceremonies; responsible for coordinating and directing movements of ministers

What were the movement organizations associated with each bus boycott?

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), The Inter-Civic Council (Tallahassee), and United Defense League (Baton Rouge)

What were the 5 tactics put into place to keep black people from voting?

Poll tax, grandfather clause, white primary, literacy test, intimidation (KKK, threatening jobs and housing, etc.)

When was the NAACP founded and what was it’s strategy?

1909 in New York City; They used the court systems

When and where was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded?

1957, Atlanta Georgia

When and where was the Congress of Racial Equality founded?

1942, Chicago Illinois

When and where was the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee founded?

1960, North Carolina

What are two types of representation?

Symbolic: Someone holding a position that has traditionally been unavailable to them.

• Women see this woman in a position they were previously denied, and this is inspiring and empowering to them. That is a symbolic representation. 

• Shirley Chisholm: first black woman to run for president on a major party ticket

Substitutive: When you elect a person into office, and that person works on your behalf while having your interest a heart. They want to improve your livelihood. 

• A person doesn’t have to look like you to accomplish this.

• If they get into office and don’t get anything done, they are still substantive representation. If they can’t get anything done, it may be due to things beyond their control or due to restraints on their power, a bunch of haters on the city council. 

Which University had the greatest impact on freedom, justice and equality?

Howard University

What two colleges/universities in this region of the country trained people to be civil rights workers?

Miami University and Oberlin College

Who was the main leader of the Little Rock Nine movement, and when did it take place?

Daisy Bates, 1957

Possible Essay: Explain the differences between the Rural and Urban Black churches. Elaborate, give examples, ect.

• The pastors in urban churches tended to be more educated than those in Rural Churches

• Urban Churches Tend to be smaller because there are more churches with people spread out; Rural churches can be larger because they’ll have fewer in an area

• The urban church tends to be more cosmopolitan and seen in a more sophisticated way

• A pastor in the Urban church would move around more frequently (be presented with a better opportunity, going to new jobs). 

What organization in the modern civil rights movement played the most significant role to publicize the killers of Emmit Till and bring his killers to justice?in publicizing

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Who was the head of the NAACP when Emmit Till was killed?

Roy Wilkins

Who was the lead council for the NAACP?

Thurgood Marshal

Who took over the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and is the reason it began to create change?

Ella Baker

Who made up the executive board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

The first president was Martin Luther King

Reverend C.K. Steele - Vice President

Fred Shuttlesworth - Co-Founder

Revrend T.J. Jemison - Secretary

When black people were denied the right to vote, what else were they denied?

The right to sit on juries, run for office, register to vote

Who was the first black women to run for president on a major party ticket?

Shirley Chisholm