The Civil Rights Movement Flashcards
(27 cards)
What was enforced during the reconstruction period
The emancipation proclamation by Lincoln
The abolished slavery
The voting rights
What caused the CRM
racial segregation in the south
Jim Crow laws
Discrimination
KKK
What was the naacp for
The national association of coloured people was to initiate lawsuits for equality and publicised racial injustices
What was the double v campaign
After ww2 the men came back and wanted end of segregation in armed forces
What did core organise in 1947
The first freedom ride
What was the campaign that lead to the birth of the CRM
The Montgomery bus boycott
What sparked the bus boycott
Spontaneous rebellion by Rosa parks
What is respectability politics
Using a certain look to appear respectable in regards to political image
Who was the leader or MIA during the bus boycotts
Martin Luther king
What did the bus boycott lead to in 1956
The desegregation of the bus system
What was the SCLC of 1957
The southern Christian leadership conference was a leading force in the CRM and pushed forward ideas of peace and religion
Who and what was the Little Rock 9
9 academically smart black students gained admission to an all white high school and needed high levels of protection
What were the sit in protests of 1960
The Greensboro four used the CRM tactics of non violence and sat in a segregated department store and soon many joined until they became unsegregated
What is sncc
The student non violent coordinating committee
What were the freedom rides of 1961
Aimed to desegregate interstate travel by having a group travel together but faced violence and then tried again bc of Diane nash
What did the freedom rides achieve
The interstate commerce commission which desegregated the travel
What was The Birmingham campaign
Birmingham=very racist+violent
So launches passive nonviolent demonstrations to highlight the brutality
What came after the Birmingham campaign due to fear of job losses
The children’s crusade
What was the march on Washington of 1963 for
To pressure the government to implement the civil rights bill as well as the march for jobs and freedom occurred then to
What caused the civil rights bill to become an act
The assassination of Kennedy in 1963 lead to Lyndon Johnson getting the bill passed which enforced desegregation
Who was involved in the freedom summer
Core and sncc
What was the aim of the freedom summer
The increase the number of poc registered voters in Deep South areas
How did the freedom summer gain the attention of the media
The missing volunteers and the extreme violence the members of the organisations faced
What was the aim of the Selma to Montgomery marches
For voting rights
