Vocab
After the war this individual focused his efforts on ending segregation in public schools
Thurgood Marshall
Who attempted to desegregate restaurants that would refuse to serve African Americans?
CORE
Who called the Montgomery Police on Rosa Parks?
Driver of the bus
Governor Faubus was the Governor of what state?
Arkansas
What happened 5 days after L.B.J. signed the voting rights act?
Watts Riot
This person was denied admission from a school in Topeka, Kansas
Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in Public Schools was unconstitutional violating what amendment?
14th Amendment
Who benefited from FDR’s new deal programs?
African Americans
How many soldiers were sent to Little Rock by Eisenhower? What did he do to the Arkansas national guard?
1,000 soldiers; federalized the Guard
What happened April 4th, 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis
Became a symbol for the Black Power movement
In 1957, nine Black students tried to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. What was their nickname?
Little Rock 9
What was the Southern Manifesto?
A statement by Southern lawmakers opposing school desegregation
What did Governor Wallace say about Segregation?
“Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”
What shoes do frogs wear?
Open Toad
Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1966
What date did the sit in movements begin?
February 1st 1960
How old was MLK when elected to lead the movement?
26
What was Bloody Sunday?
A violent attack on voting-rights marchers in Selma
What process helps humans not have webbed fingers?
Apoptosis
Had used his influence to get Martin Luther King Jr. released from jail
Robert F. Kennedy
How many people died in the watts riot?
34
What did the Supreme Court order in 1969?
Immediate school desegregation (“at once”)
By 1965 what percent of African Americans held professional, managerial, or clerical jobs? What did the Whites have?
15% African Americans
44% Whites
How fast can Brody Bessmer run a 400 m?
1:11.71