key terms Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is Black Power?
A movement in support of rights & political power for Black people, especially prominent in the US in the 1960s & 70s.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
A group of Black students that challenged racial segregation by enrolling in an all-white Central High School in 1957.
What was the Black Panthers?
A political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton & Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
A labor leader & civil rights activist, known for co-founding the United Farm Workers alongside César Chávez.
What does AIM stand for?
American Indian Movement.
What was the purpose of AIM?
An American Indian grassroots movement, founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, addressing systemic issues of poverty, discrimination & police brutality.
What did the Miranda v. Arizona ruling establish?
An arrested individual is entitled to rights under the 5th & 6th Amendments of the US Constitution.
What was the Medicare Act of 1965?
Created Medicare & Medicaid, giving health insurance to people over 65 & helping low-income people with medical costs.
Fill in the blank: The assassination of MLK occurred in _______.
Memphis, Tennessee.
Why was MLK assassinated?
His activism against segregation.
Fill in the blank: Malcolm X was assassinated in _______.
New York City.
What was a major reason for Malcolm X’s assassination?
His growing criticism of the Nation of Islam & his shift towards Sunni Islam.
Where was RFK assassinated?
Los Angeles, California.
What theory is associated with RFK’s assassination?
Lone gunman theory.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education who fought against school segregation.
First African American Supreme Court Justice.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
Court case that ended separate schools for Black & white kids.
Landmark decision in 1954 declaring state laws establishing separate public schools unconstitutional.
What was the Great Society?
Set of domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed at eliminating poverty & racial injustice.
Included initiatives like Medicare, Medicaid, and various educational programs.
What was the Beat Generation?
Group of American writers who came to prominence, known for their nonconformist attitudes & experimental literature.
Notable figures include Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
What is Affirmative Action?
Policies designed to address past and present discrimination by providing preferential treatment to historically disadvantaged groups.
Aimed at increasing opportunities in education and employment.
Who is Betty Friedan?
Writer & activist who played a key role in the 2nd-wave feminist movement, best known for her book ‘The Feminine Mystique’.
Her work challenged the traditional roles of women in society.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
Labor leader & civil rights activist who fought for the rights of farmworkers.
Co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union.
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
An organization that advocated for nonviolent resistance during the Civil Rights Movement.
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
A student-led organization known for its involvement in sit-ins and voter registration drives.
What was Freedom Summer?
A 1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi aimed at empowering African Americans.
Highlighted the struggle for voting rights and faced violent backlash.
