Civil Rights Flashcards
(17 cards)
Plessy V Ferguson
1/8 black man challenged discrimination and took it to court
unsuccessful- separation was legalized “separate but equal”
Brown v Board
black family wanted to attend closer school
thurgood marshall & families overturned segregation in schools
Montgomery bus boycott
Colvin originally didn’t give up seat but Parks was face of mvmt
13 month protest on not using buses so they lose funds
supreme court banned segregation on public buses
Little Rock 9
9 black teenagers attend all white school in Arkansas
threatend daily & school shut down next year so more black ppl didn’t attend
Greensboro Sit-in
black men don’t move from white section stopping operations and ensuing anger
spreads to colleges nationwide until stores served everyone
Freedom Rides
activists went on trips protesting segregation on buses since they didn’t follow desegragation
national attention & JFK supported mvmt
March on Washington
nationwide March where MLK gave speech
fighting for civil rights act to be passed
Civil Rights Act 1964
proposed by JFK giving legality to equality ending segregation (no discrimination on race, gender, religion, origin)
Freedom Summer
northern college students try to register to vote in south but 4 are killed shocking gov’t
showed the need of voting rights
Selma to Montgomery March
protests hoping for black voting rights, were beat and threatened
LBJ supports March and proposes voting rights bill
Voting Rights Act 1965
passed & signed by LBJ
no more literacy tests & poll tax gone w/ 24th amd
1/4 million new black voters were registered
2nd Wave of feminism
fought for employment, equal pay, reproductive rights
Betty Friedan wrote book challenging traditional roles
title lX prohibited sex discrimination in education
equal pay act passed in 1963
roe v Wade legalized abortion
Mexican American rights
Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta fought for farm workers & Mexicans equality
farmers in Cali striked against grapes for better wages & conditions
Mendez V Westminister desegregated Mex-Am schools
Got better conditions and mex-am could serve as officials
Gay Rights
challenged mistreatment of gays
Stonewall Johnson led protests & founded STAR org
Stonewall riots in front of gays bar & newspaper brought attention to mvmt
no laws passed in 60’s but IL first state to allow same sex relations became legal after Lawrence v TX
Native Americans
wanted to gain respect & land back
Dennis Banks & Russell Means founded AIM drawing attention to issues
Occupied Alcatraz & Wounded Knee getting land back
Trail of Broken treaties- marched to DC demanding for better conditions & respect
Religious Freedom Act, Declaration on Rights
Disabled
504 sit ins in San Fran fighting for disability equality, accessibility
Ed Roberts led MVMT, Judy Heumann & Brad Lomax in/helped 504 sit in
1973 rehabilitation act
1990 Americans w/ disability act passed prohibiting discrimination on disabled
Environmental Rights
Rachel Carson wrote book about enviro harm and pesticides
Carl Stokes advocated for clean water after seeing the burning Ohio river
Nixon formed EPA protecting health & enviro
1972 clean water act
