Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
Brown v Board of Education
A Supreme Court Case in which the Court ruled state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
Emmett Till
An African-American teenager who was murdered by white men who took offense at Till speaking to a 21 year old white woman
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated South in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the Supreme Court decisions which ruled segregation public buses unconstitutional
March on Washington
A march protesting the prevalent racism in the United States. MLK’s famous “I Have a Dream Speech”. Helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and preceded the Selma Voting Rights Movement.
Black Panthers
a black nationalist and socialist organization, which was marred with violence.
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. An African-American civil rights organization which had a large role in the American Rights Movement.
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: An organization which fought for African-American rights.- started sit ins
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality. A civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. Started Freedom Rides.
Stokely Carmichael
a Trinidadian-American who was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Active in SNCC, was an Honorary prime minister of the Black Panther Party, and later became a leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party.- led black power- olympics in mexico
Voting Rights Act
A landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. Later amended to further protect black voting rights.
Selma
a city in Alabama best known for the Selma Voting Rights Movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches, beginning with “Bloody Sunday” and ending with 25,000 people entering Montgomery at the end of the last march to press for voting rights.
Civil Rights Act
a US labor law which outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Also prohibited unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations.
Freedom Summer:
A volunteer campaign in the United States that attempted to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. Marked by violence: over 1,000 arrested, 80 workers beaten, 37 churches bombed or burned, 30 homes bombed or burned, 4 civil rights workers were killed, 4 people critically wounded and 3 Mississippi blacks murdered.
Thurgood Marshall:
The Supreme Court’s first African-American justice who was victorious in Brown v. Board of Education.
American Indian Movement
A militant American Indian civil rights organization- led by dennis banks
