Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
(44 cards)
What NAACP attorney argued for Linda Brown?
Thurgood Marshall
What former Supreme Court decision did the Brown decision strike down?
Plessy V. Ferguson
What Constitutional Amendment did it violate?
14th
What was the Southern Manifesto?
100 S. congressmen pledged to oppose Brown
How did Governor Orval Faubus react to the Supreme Court decision?
Refused integration
Who sent troops protecting nine black students from white mobs?
Ike
How did Governor Faubus react to the nine students attending Little Rock HS?
Closed the school
What is the significance of Cooper v. Aaron
Barred states from interfering in integration
How did many Southern whites react to integrated schools?
Put their kids in private schools
What organization along with Rosa Parks began the bus boycotts in 1955?
NAACP
What organization did Martin Luther King form to fight for civil rights?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What was the goal Martin Luther’s organization
Massive non-violent protests
Who were the freedom riders?
B/W civil right activists who rode buses into South
How did the South react to freedom riders?
Beat them
Three examples of segregation
Lunch rooms, bathrooms, and schools
Goal of Albany Movement?
Desegregate Albany, GA
Goal in Birmingham, AL?
Desegregate
What was the strategy for Birmingham?
Anger Chief of Police, Bull Conor
Who prevented two AA students from entering University of Alabama?
Governor George Wallance
How did JFK respond?
Send troops to protect them
Who was the leader of Mississippi NAACP who was shot and killed in his driveway?
Medgar Evers
To support JFK’s civil rights bill, what did Civil RIghts leaders organize?
March on Washington
When did president Johnson sign the Civil RIghts act of 1964
July 2nd
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Banned discrimination in public facilities and employment based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
