Civil Rights Flashcards
(19 cards)
Civil Rights
Guarantees social oppertunites & equal protection under the law regardless of race, religion or other personal characteristics
Racism
Unfair treatment of people based on race die to the belief that ones own race is better
Desegregation
To stop segregating groups of people by race, religion and ethnicity
Segregation
Separation of groups by race, religion and ethnicity
Civil disobedience
A peaceful form of political protests to comply with certain laws
Sit-ins
A form of protest in which demonstration occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
Civic responsibilities
Active participation in the public life of a community in an informed committed and constructive manner with a focus on the common good.
- Founder of the American Gi forum
-awarded the presidential award of 1984
Hector P. Garcia
-First Mexican to be voted into the House of Representatives (there for 37 years)
Henry B. Gonzalez
-First Mexican Mayor of El Paso
- First Mexican to be appointed U. S Ambassador
Raymond L. Telles
-First Hispanic elected for statewide office in Texas
- On the Supreme Court
Raul A. Gonzalez
- part of the NFWA
- Worked to get good working condition for farmers
Cesar Chavez
-Helped Cesar Chavez on many of his protests
- Also part of the NFWA
-Highly influential in Latino communities
Dolores Huerta
-Fought for many of JFK’s bills to be legislated
-President 36th
-Signed the Civil rights act of 1964 and the Voting rights act of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
- One of the 4 most influential black leaders
-Started freedom riders
James L. Farmer
-Became state head of the NAACP
- fought for education throughout Texas
Lulu Belle Madison White
- Introduced the civil rights bill of 194
-was assassinated
-Supported FDR campaigns
John F. Kennedy
-1st black Supreme Court justice
- Worked on the Civil rights case for brown vs. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
-Supported most of the New Deal
-Speaker of the house for 17 years
-Democrat
Sam Rayburn’s
