CRA Flashcards
(10 cards)
What was the goal of the CRA?
to ban segregation
What did the Civil Rights Act allow?
Allowed the Voting Rights Act in 1964
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
racist laws that segregated black and white people and that wanted to keep black people inferior
When did Freedom Summer happen?
1963-1964
Which supremacist group was involved in Freedom Summer? How many people did they kill?
The KKK- they killed 3 black protestors
Who was Bull Connor and what did he do?
he was a racist police chief that wanted segregation, so he made protesting illegal, so he could arrest people instead of being violent and facing backlash from the public
What was the aim of freedom summer?
to let black people vote
What was Freedom Summer?
A group of students and volunteers that were protesting for black voting rights
How many white people volunteered?
around 700
What did Freedom Summer allow?
for the Civil Rights Act in 1964
