Civil Rights

Question 1

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 1

decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”

Question 2

Brown v. Board

Answer 2

decision that outlawed segregation in public education by finding that separate public schools for blacks and whites were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional

Question 3

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 3

first black man to serve on the Supreme Court

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Jackie Robinson

Answer 4

first black man to play MLB

Question 5

Emmett Till

Answer 5

an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman

Question 6

MLK Jr.

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celebrated and charismatic advocate of Civil Rights for blacks in 50’s and 60’s

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Rosa Parks

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1955 arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man

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Malcolm X

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supporter of Nation of Islam; spoke in support of black separatism, black pride, and use of violence for self-protection

Question 9

Stokely Carmichael

Answer 9

important leader of black nationalism movement

Question 10

Huey Newton

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founded Black Panther Party in 1966

Question 11

sit-ins

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black students would protest by sitting at the bar of a white only restaurant

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freedom rides

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activists who challenged segregation in bus terminals

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Freedom Summer

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volunteer project in which college students spent their summer vacation in Mississippi, registering blacks to vote

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Selma March

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Bloody Sunday: Police killed a bunch of people

Question 15

Civil Rights Act 1957

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granted voting privileges to blacks

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Civil Rights Act 1960

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Eisenhower passed this bill to appease strong southern resistance and only slightly strengthened the first measures provisions

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Civil Rights Act 1964

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outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women

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Voting Rights Act 1965

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civil rights law that banned literacy tests and other practices that discouraged blacks from voting

Question 19

NAACP

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civil rights organization; National Association of the Advancement of Colored People

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CORE

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organization dedicated to practice of nonviolent protest; Committee of Racial Equality

Question 21

SCLC

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group formed in Georgia 1957 to organize civil rights protest activities; Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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SNCC

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student civil rights organization in 60’s; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Civil Disobedience

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the act of disobeying the law in a peaceful manner

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Black Power

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black social movement that advocated unity and self-reliance to address injustice

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Black Nationalism

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the advocacy of separate national status for black people

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Black Panthers

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group formed 1966 that provided aid to black neighborhoods

Question 27

de facto segregation

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segregation that exists through custom and practice

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de jure segregation

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segregation by law

Question 29

March of Washington

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march for freedom and jobs all black people went to Washington mall MLK gave I Have a Dream Speech bunch black entertainers performed