Theme 2 - civil rights Flashcards

Question

examples of NA protests

Answer 1

1969 - Alcatrez red power takes over the island and the prison and stays till 1971 1972 AIM drives to Washington to protest outside BIA in order for better management, renegotiate treaties. 1978 - longest walk from san francisco to washington for how indian culture is removed and how they are forcefully removed in their homelands.

Answer 2

pres nixon sympathised for 830k na that he couldnt do for 22m of bp. declined termination and assimilation consulted tribal leades about solutions, across 1972 to 19745 he passed many acts like INDIAN EDN ACT, INDIAN FINANCE ACT AND INDIAN SELF DETERMINATION ACT they could also vote in 1975 1971, the alaska native claims settlement act returned 40million acres of land to tribal.

Answer 3

nixon did not reform bia, there were internal problems. he did not try and negotiate native tribal sacred sites.

Answer 4

bracero programme which were contracts signed between 1942 to 54 which guaranteed housing and jobs to mexicans, 4.6 million signed

Answer 5

land - 1846 to 1848 american mexican war ended with a treaty, after this a border was put between mexico and usa- ppl could become us citizens or relocate to mexico. new mexico land right issue WR- hispanic farmers in the Bracero programme were in poor conditions, didnt get paid that much. after ww2, take it or leave it - no union, illegal immigrants. disc racial discrimation Depo- operation wetback.

Answer 6

workers rights , held demonstrations and rallies, spoke to mexicans to unite them. fasting in protest.

Answer 7

protests about rights in new mexico however got nowhere thus held mass demon, marches. teamed up with black power to work together

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gays were invisible to society, they were condemned in society, 1950 congress member stated that homosexuality was a sin. religious matters

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stonewall inn - nyc. incident at a bar, gay bar which police raided for liqour licesning. they were used to it but the officer was too rough with one of the members. 400 people fought back several days after there were violent protests, gay liberation front set up.

Answer 10

10 cities in 1970, nyc, 10,000 members

Answer 11

groups worked together and alone, they took over cities in protests and it spread rapidly.- support from counter culture. by 1977 a poll said that over 50% of people believed in equal rights for gays. social attitude was changing kk still hostile

Answer 12

1974 - kathy kozachenko was elected to office, first openly gay member 1977 harvey milk was elected in san francisco he was not openly gay but supported gay and minority rights. showed people that social attitudes were changing

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people began to back lash against the gay rights, anita bryon a spokeswomen set up save our children where she stated that integration was harming and normal people would be harmed. religious right was outspoken against gay people.

Answer 14

Black passengers had to sit in the back of the bus and the bus systems were segregated, white people had priority -and they had to stand even if their allocated seats were full. In 1954 the WPC warred the Governor that they and the NAACP were planning a boycott however they did not have an adequate member to choose case from, two women were arrested for issues over the buses however one was 15 yo and pregnant and the other unmarried too, they would face opposition. Rosa parks was a well member of the society and the arrest of her sparked the boycott. The Montgomery Impr association was created which out MLK as the leader, he organised carpool systems there was unity - they put out leaflets. 90% of black people stayed away from buses, the boycott continued for 382 days and naturally the supreme court ruled that busses desegregated but bus stations still were

Answer 15

-There was conflict over the education system in america, schools were segregated and white children were given a better education than black children. There were often poor teachers, poor resources and they worked in dilapidated environments. hence, the NAACP lawyer Thurgood marshall decided to take 5 cases to the supreme court - he argued that it is unfair to be this discriminatory. the judge carried the case on for months and no progress was made however, judge earl warren ruled that equal and segregation has no place in society therefore marshall won the case. Some schools integrated within a year but some took ages in the deep south . the white citizen council created to fight desegregation and it gained 250k memebers.

Answer 16

Arkansas had a racist gov called Faubas however they had integrated schools, 9 children were selected to join an integrated school for the first time however due to the widespread hostility and anger, the NAACP organiser sent them a message to go to the school a day later. Elizabeth eckford did not get the message, rather she went to school and faced a very angry mob. Photographs shocked the world - eisenhower saw and was pressured into sending federal troops to restore order and guard the children to go class to class -- homes of naacp members was firebombed a lot.

Answer 17

-four black students went to a counter to get food and they were refused of service because the diner was segregated. they sat in for hours, the next morning students came back with 30 more and this slowly began increasing. white youths came to heckle however the media portrayed the black students of being well dressed and calm waiting for food. while white people yelled into their faces.

Answer 18

-set up in raleigh north carolina and it was a racially integrated organisation of young people who were being taught how to be act in direct action 9nv0 and how to cope with abuse and violence. they sent out field secretaries into the deeper south to encourage voter registration for black people. They knew black people needed more political power - kings ideas was to take non violence in area of violence.

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