Civil Rights Vocab Flashcards
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Thurgood Marshall
He and jack Greenberg led the courtroom battles against segregation he also when on and became Supreme Court justice
Brown v. The board of education
In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware , Kansas , South Carolina , Virginia , and Washington, D.C. came together under the title of brown v. The board of education
Little Rock nine
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend central high school these students became known as the Little Rock nine
Rosa parks
She boarded a bus and sat in the front row of the section reserved for black passengers when the bus became full the driver told Rosa and three others to give there seats to white passengers when she refused to she got sent to jail
Montgomery bus boycott
In this action thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses for over a year
Martin Luther king jr.
A young Baptist minister set on black civil rights and had a power for public speaking , inspired listeners , and could motivate others
Sit ins
A demonstration in which protesters sit down an d refuse to leave
Student nonviolent coordinating committee
To continue the struggle for civil rights the leaders of the group protest and formed in the spring of 196p
John F. Kennedy
The youngest person to be elected to be president he won in 1960 , he was born in Massachusetts into a wealthy family.
Freedom rides
To accomplish this core organized a series of protest in which black and white bus riders traveled together to segregated bus stations in the south
March on Washington
A massive demonstration for civil rights
Laden B. Johnson
He was the Vice President but after Kennedy was killed he became the president in 1963, he grew up in rural Texas and worked his way threw collage
Civil rights act of 1964
The act banned segregation in public places it also outlawed discrimination in the workplace on the basis of color, gender, or national origin
Great society
His program of domestic reforms that he called the great society
Black power
Movement which called for African American independence
Malcom x
Helped inspire the blacks power movement he was the leader of the Nation of Islam
Cesar Chavez
Was one of many Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions in 1962 Chavez formed a union
United farm workers
S unsound was committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers
Betty Friedan
A Jewish author who wrote the feminine mystique she described the dissatisfaction some women felt with their roles as mother and housewife
National organization for woman
To fight for equal education and career opportunities for woman
Shirley Chisholm
She was elected to represent New York City in the House of Representatives
Equal rights amendment
Would out paw all discrimination based on sex
Phyllis Schlafy
A conservative activist found the group stop era to prevent its ratification
American Indian movement
Founded in 1968 to fight for there rights
