Women And African Americans Flashcards
(27 cards)
What was the brown vs board of education
17 May 1954
Supreme Court agreed that segregation in school is unconstitutional
What was the murder if emmet till
August 1955 Emmet till is kidnapped, beaten and shot while visiting family. He was killed for whistling at a white woman
What was the bus boycott
1 December 1955 Rosa parks refuses to give up her seat for a white person. In response to her arrest montogomery black community launch a bus boycott
The buses were desegregated in 21 December 1956
What was the Little Rock
September 1957
9 black students were blocked from enetering the school on orders of the governor
President Eisenhower sent guards to protect the student
Freedom riders
May 4 1961
Student volunteers began taking bus trips through th south to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities. They were called freedom riders as they were attacked by angry mobs along the way
Civil rights act 1964
Prohibits all discrimination based on race, colour, religion, or national origin. It also gave federal government powers to enforese desegregation
Voting rights act 1965
Ensured all a,Erica s had right to vote
Sit ins
February 1 1960
4 black students from North Carolina began a sit in at Woolworths lunch bar. They were refused service.
This triggered many similar non violent protests throughout the south. 6 months later the 4 protesters were served lunch at the bar
Sit ins took place in pools, theatres, library’s
Civil rights protest
May 1963
Civil rights protest in Birmingham Alabama. Commissioner of public safety used fire hoses and police dogs on black demonstrators. The images of brutality were televised and viewed publicly and were gaining sympathy for the civil rights movement
March on Washington
28 August 1963
200 000 joined the march on Washington. MLK I have a dream speech
What was the Nation of Islam
Argued for separatism. Said white society was racist and corrupt and rejected Christianity as a white mans religion. Best known member was Malcom X
What was the black panther party
Formed in California in 1966 had 5000 members in 1968. Extreme militant group rejected kings non violent approaches. It argued blacks has to protect themselves from white racists using violence if nesesary
What did Malcolm x believe
Violence was nessary to bring about change
Why did black power movement decline quickly
Organisation was poor and had little money
Government preferred kings peaceful methods to the hatred and violence of black power
How did the black power help Americans
Tried to help the inner city ghettos
Increased black pride and a sense of black nationalism
How did the new frontier help the civil rights
Gave more important jobs to blacks
Created CEEO to ensure people employed in federal government had equal opportunity’s
How did the new fronteir fail civil rights
The CEEO only helped those in employment and didn’t help find jobs for the unemployed blacks
He attempted to get MLK to call of the March on Washington
How did the great society help the civil rights
1964 civil rights act passed which banned segregation and banned discrimination in employment
How did great society fail the civil rights
In 1964 and 1965 blacks in Harlem, NY, LA rioted after blacks were shot by police
In 1968 more riots broke out due to MLK assassination
What did the staus commission find
Women earned 60 less
95 percent of managers were me
4 percent of lawyers and 7 percent of Doctor were women
In some jobs women were dismissed if they were marries
What was progress was made in 1965
All married couples allowed to use contraception
1969
California adipted a no fault divorce law allowing couples to divorce by mutual consent
1972
Educational amendment act. Bans sexual discrimination in education
Equal rights amendments that equality of rights under the law could not be denied based on sex
1973
Roe vs Wade
Jane roe allowed to have an abortion. Supreme Court ruled that women has the right to same and legal abortion
