Civil Rights

Question 1

dedicated his life to fighting racism; known for victory case of Brown v. Board of Edcuation

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 2

father of eight-year old Linda Brown charged the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas with violating Linda’s rights of admission to an all white elementary school four blocks from her house, because the nearest black school was 21 blocks away

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Brown v. Board of Education

Question 3

refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white lady

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Rosa Parks

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gave famous, “I had a Dream” speech

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 5

harnessed the energy of student protests

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Question 5

purpose was to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second class citzenship

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Southern Christain Leadership Conference

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African-American protestors sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served

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Sit-in

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hoped to convince the Kennedy administration to enforce the law

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Freedom riders

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won a federal case that allowed him to enroll in the all-white University of Mississipi

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James Meredith

Question 9

organizer of boycotts and voter registration drives in Mississippi; murdered by a sniper hours after Kennedy’s speech

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Medgar Evers

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prohibited discrimination of race, religion, nation origin, and gender

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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14 yr old African American boy that was murdered brought nationwide attention to racial violence and injustice in Mississippi

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Emmet Till

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American civil rights leader and politician; chairmanship of SNCC

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John Lewis

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campaign to influence Congress to pass a voting rights act focused in Mississippi

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Freedom Summer

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voice for African Americans at the 1964 Democratic National Convention

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Fannie Lou Hammer

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eliminated literacy tests that disqualified many voters

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Voting Rights Act 1965

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segregation that exists by practice and custom

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De facto segregation

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segregation by law

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De jure segregation

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developed a philosophy of black superiority and separatism from whites

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Malcolm X

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black Muslims

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Nation of Islam

Question 20

lead their followers to finish Meredith’s walk from the Tennessese border to Jackson

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Stokely Carmichael

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Social and political movement that emphasized radical pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions

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Black Power

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fought police brutality in the ghetto

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Black Panthers

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appointed to study the causes of urban violence

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Kerner Commission

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ended discrimination in housing

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

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equalized education & job opportunities

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Affirmative Action

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Grew up in Omaha Nebraska in a racial discrimination environment where his dad died and his mom was institutionalized putting him in Foster Care

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Malcolm X

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Grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in a middle class family experiencing the joys of family and the reality of discrimination

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Martin Luther King Jr

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Led the Afro-American Unity (OAAU) & was the Leader of the nation of Islam

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Malcolm X

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Led Southern Christain Leadership Conference (SCLC)

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Martin Luther King Jr

Question 30

goal was separation of blacks & whites by any means nesscary

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OAAU - Malcolm X

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goal was to achieve full equality for African Americans by non-violence

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SCLC - Martin Luther King Jr

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movement that stressed black pride

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Black Power

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program aimed at hiring or including minorities

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Affirmative Action

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First white student in Birmingham to participate in a sit-in (participated in Children's Crusade)

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Marti Turnipseed

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Proved that young people can think & act responsibly and their actions could change the course of history (participated in Children's Crusade)

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Freeman Hrabowski

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believed education would grant rights ( did not participate in Children's Crusade)

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Harold Jackson

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proved it was not safe to be open & honest ( did not participate in Children's Crusade)

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Ingrid Kraus

Question 38

1857 - enslaved people are not citizens

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Dred-Scott Decision

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1865 - have citzenship & black people can vote

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14th & 15th Amendments

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1896 - separate but equal

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Early Civil Rights - end discrimination & fight against Jim Crow Laws

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NAACP established

Question 42

WWI - fought in ww1

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Harlem Hellfighters

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WW2 - victory at home & abroad

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Double "V" Campaign

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1948 - whites & blacks fight together

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Millitary is Intergrated

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1954 - ended segregation in schools

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Brown v. board of Education

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1956 - desegregation of buses

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1964 - more equality

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Civil Rights

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1965 - abolish poll taxes and literacy tests

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Voting Rights

Question 49

Where was MLK assassinated?

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the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee

Question 50

Leader of SNCC?

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John Lewis, later followed by Stokely Carmichael

Question 51

What does SNCC stand for?

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Where did MLK give his "I have a dream speech"

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the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Question 53

What actions did CORE organize?

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Freedom Rides & Sit-ins

Question 54

After Rosa Parks did not give up her seat on the bus, Civil Rights Groups organized ...

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott

Question 55

What is the Warren Court?

Answer 55

when Earl Warren served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, known for its landmark decisions that significantly impacted civil rights, criminal procedure, and freedom of speech.