Key Terms Flashcards
(15 cards)
An 1896 case in which the supreme court ruled that separation of the races in public accommodations was legal, thus establishing the “separate but equal” doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial separation established by city/community’s customs or culture, NOT by law
De facto segregation
Racial separation established by actual laws
De jure segregation
A 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Black women and NAACP officer who took a seat in the front row of colored bus and refueled to move to the back and give up her seat to a white passenger ending up arrested
Rosa Parks
Civil rights leader whose goal was to achieve equal rights for African Americans in a peaceful manner
Martin Luther King Jr.
An organization formed in 1957 by MLK and other leaders to work for civil rights through nonviolent means
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Civil Eights Activist who believed that white were the cause for the black condition
Malcom X
A militant African American political organization formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to fight police brutality and provide services in the ghetto
Black Panthers
Civil rights activists (both white and black) who rode buses through the south to challenge segregation
Freedom Riders
A law that banned discrimination on the basis of race,sex,national origin, or telling public places and most workplaces
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law that made it easier for african americans to register to vote and eliminated literacy tests
Voting Rights Act of 1956
Mexican American farm worker and civil rights activist who fought to unionize Mexican farm workers
Cesar Chavez
Labor Union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican American farm workers in California
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
1946 federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools and ruled that separate schools for Mexicans were unconstitutional
Mendez v Westminster
