Rights And Freedoms- America Flashcards
(28 cards)
When was MLKJ born? Where?
1929 in Atlanta Georgia
When did MLKJ become a pastor and where?
1954 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama
When did he become leader of the Montgomery bus boycott? What happened? What did this lead to?
After Rosa Parks was arrested. He protested segregation and was arrested and had his house attacked. This success lead to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which was important in this movement and lead to freedom rides.
How did Kind achieve political support? What was he referred to because of this?
By supporting candidates in 1960 election. Communist
Who tried to undermine him?
The Director of the FBI, J Edgar Hoover
When was the March on Washington? What happened?
I have a dream speech. 28 August 1963
When did MLKJ achieve a noble prize? Why?
1964 for helping to end segregation
When was MLKJ assassinated? By who?
He was campaigning for garbage workers in Memphis Tennessee. 4 April 1968 aged 39. By James Earl Ray. He was arrested two months later in a London.
How is MLKJ remembered?
In the 3rd Mon of Jan. It is MLKD day and public holiday.
What is a key quote from King’s dream speech?
‘One day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of this creed: “we hold these truths to be self-evident: that men are created equal.”’
How did Kind influence Australia?
He was an inspiration especially to Charles Perkins who looked up to him and other freedom riders.
When did the struggle for civil rights in US gain word wide attention?
1960s
When did African Americans start to leave southern slave owning States?
During WW11 to work in war industries in places of better employment such as California
When was segregation in the army removed?
1948
When did Southern States end segregation?
1865
When was segregation in schools seen as illegal? What was it known as?
- Brown vs. board of education ruling. Despite this some schools still broke the law
When was Emmett Till murdered? Why? By who?
August 1955 at 14. He was lynched after being accused of flirting and catcalling a white woman. He was thrown in a river. They were the husband and the brother in law.
What did the mother do? How else was it publicised?
She left the casket open to show brutality to the world and photos of photo were published. In 1962 Bob Dylan wrote a song called the “death of Emmett Till”
Where they guilty?
They were found not guilty by an all white jury in Mississippi however they confessed to the crime later in a magazine knowing they couldn’t be re tried.
What did the case of Till lead to? What did it mean?
The 1975 Civil Rights Act That started African Americans could vote and called for a government report on race relations
When was Rosa Parks arrested? Why?
In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
When was Montgomery ordered by the US Supreme Court to stop segregation on buses?
1956
What happened when 9 black boys tried to enrol at an all white school? When?
- They were refused. the Arkansas governor used armed forces to stop students even though it was illegal but the president intervened and sent an army to allow them to go.
Who was James Meredith? What did he do?
He attempted to enrol in the Oxford campus of uni of Mississippi. This prompted riots and threats from the KKK. He eventually enrolled.
