Leaders
Who was Mario Savio?
What was the FSM?
The Free Speech Movement
What did they fight?
School systems, boards of education, and segregation in America.
What was there initial goal?
To advance civil rights
What did the police do to protestors?
They arrested them, hit them, and called in riots and the national guard.
Who was Jack Weinberg?
Jack Weinberg is an American environmental activist and former New Left activist.
How did they protest?
Through sit-ins, teach-ins, walkouts, and protests.
What was the first major sit in with 4 people?
The 1960 Greensboro sit in
What did they do to student rights?
Expanded student rights
What was Bloody Thursday?
An event were police and the national guard used tear gas and birdshots buckshots on protesters, resulting in a death.
Who was Rev. Avery Alexander?
The Rev. Avery Alexander marched with Martin Luther King Jr., led bus and business boycotts as well as lunch-counter sit-ins.
Where did it all start?
UC Berkeley
What did they call it when over 15,000 students walked out?
The East LA Walkouts
What did they do related to the Vietnam war?
They increased pressure on the government to end the war.
What was the worst thing the government did to protestors?
They gassed, injured, and killed many.
Who was Rudy Lombard?
Rudy was the Chairman of the New Orleans Chapter of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) in early 1960's.
How far did it go?
International
When and with what group were the first protests with?
1964 Free Speech Movement at Berkeley
What did the East La walkouts and other protests do?
They established ethnic studies.
How did the police suppress the movement?
By using intensive, often illegal surveillance.
Where did it all happen?
The South
What protests happened in relation to ending the war?
1970 anti-war protests about Vietnam War
What was shown throughout this whole movement?
Use of free speech
What were ways the police got their intel?
By wiretapping, infiltration, and the creation of secret files.