Civil Rights Vocab Flashcards
(25 cards)
Thurgood Marshall
Attorney who went on to become Supreme Court justice and Jack Greenbrag led the courtroom battles against segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
In the early 1950s five school segregation cases from Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. came together
Little Rock nine
It allowed nine outstanding black students to attend Central High School they became known as the “Little rock nine”
Rosa Parks
A seamstress and NAACP worker boarded a bus and sat in the front row of the section reserved for black passengers. When the bus became full the driver told her and three others to give their seats to white passengers. She refused and was taken to jail.
Montgomery bus boycott
Thousands of African Americans stopped riding the buses
Martin Luther king Jr.
Baptist minister, The 26 year old King already had a reputation as a powerful speaker whose words could motivate and inspire listeners. He’s the reason that “colored people” and “non- colored people” attended the same schools etc
Student Nonviolent coordinating committee
This was formed to continue the struggle for civil rights in spring if 1960
John F. Kennedy
Won the election in 1960 he was the youngest person ever elected president of the U.S. Him and his wife brought a sense of style and excitement to the White House. He was also the first Roman Catholic to become president.
Freedom Rides
To accomplish this, CORE organized a series of protests call the FREEDOM RIDES 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 that happened at the Lincoln Memorial
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President that quickly became President after Kennedy got assassinated.
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, religion, or national origin
Voting rights act of 1965
Johnson signed into law in August. This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans voting rights
Great society
A program of domestic reforms
Black power
Movement which called for African Americans independence
Malcom X
Helped inspire the Black Power movement. He was a leader of the Nation of Islam
Cesar Chavez
He was one of the Hispanic Americans who worked to improve conditions
United farm workers
This Union was committed to the goal of better lay and working conditions for migrant farm workers those who moved seasonal from farm to farm for work
Betty Friedan
Jewish author that described the dissatisfaction some woman felt with their traditional roles of wife mother and homemaker
National organization for woman
Also known as NOW to fight for equal education and career opportunities for women
Shirley Chisholm
Was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Equal rights amendment
Also known as the ERA it would outlaw all discrimination based on sex
Phyllis schlafy
A conservative activist he founded the group STOP ERA to prevent its ratification
American Indian movement
Also known as AIM founded in 1968 to fight for native Americans rights
