civil rights chapter 12 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Supreme Court case that declared state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Brown v. Board
became the nation’s first Black United States Supreme Court Justice. He is best known for arguing the historic 1954 B v. B
thurgood marshall
African American high school students who in 1957 were the first to integrate Central High School in Arkansas - deep south
Little Rock 9
Ike issues to force the marines minorities to go to white schools
Executive Order 10730
a significant civil rights protest in the United States, where African Americans in Alabama, refused to ride city buses for 381 days to challenge racial segregation.
makes busses run empty and waste tax $$
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and ’60s. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement.
(organizes bus boycott)
Martin Luther King
MLK
the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional, desegregates busses
browder v. gayle
breaks laws on purpose that are unfair/unjust to
accept consequences
get in the news + media
civil disobedience
a civil rights organization founded by prominent African American ministers, including Martin Luther King Jr. to promote nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and discrimination in the United States.
SCIC
southern christian leadership conference
¨injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere¨
a powerful open letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. while imprisoned for his role in nonviolent protests against racial segregation
letter from birmingham jail
movement when adults were in prison and children marched in their place which made violence against children look terrible
(slowly gives MLK support throughout the country)
childrens crusade
the march for Jobs and Freedom, a massive civil rights demonstration held in Washington, D.C. that brought together over 250,000 participants to advocate for an end to segregation, fair wages, economic justice, and civil rights protections. The march is most famous for Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.
March on Washington 1963
the 35th President of the United States, who served from 1961 to 1963.
Assasinated in Dallas
remembered for his foreign policy initiatives, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Space Race, and his domestic policy focus on civil rights.
JFK
He became President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he served as Vice President.
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
desegregates america
prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal.
civil rights act of 1964
prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
voting rights act of 1965
¨by any means necessary¨
prominent African American civil rights activist and leader who advocated for Black nationalism, self-defense, and a more radical approach to civil rights during the 1960s.
Malcolm X
a revolutionary political organization to challenge police brutality and advocate for Black rights and empowerment within the framework of the Black Power movement.
black panthers
peaceful protest method where african americans would become customers and sit at counters, did not leave which spread to 13 states and was effective
a series of nonviolent protests, beginning in February 1960, that challenged racial segregation in the South. Four Black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University initiated the protests by refusing to leave a “whites only” lunch counter
sit-ins Greensbro
