Laws and Court Cases
Separate but equal
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Civil rights activist that advocated for black nationalism, was a member of the Nation of Islam, and became more moderate overtime
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Fought to end segregation and laid the groundwork for Brown v Board of Education
NAACP
"It is up to us in the north to provide aid and support to those who are actually bearing the brunt of the fight for equality down South. America has its iron curtain too"
What did Jackie Robinson encourage in this quote?
Social activism
The action of including all races in public places (vocab word)
Integration
Ruled that separate was inherently unequal
Brown vs. Board of Education
Helped organize Freedom Summer which helped get African Americans registered to vote
Fannie Lou Hamer
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Founded by students- coordinated sit-ins and voter registration
SNCC
"I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
What does this speech promote?
Racial equality
Separating people based on race
Segregation
Made segregation illegal and outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, etc
Civil Rights Act
Florida activist that led the Florida chapter of the NAACP. Helped get African Americans registered to vote.
Harry T Moore
A group of legislators in North Florida that fought to block integration and stop the Civil Rights Movement in Florida
Pork Chop Gang
"I have today issued an Executive Order directing the use of troops under Federal authority to aid in the execution of Federal law at Little Rock, Arkansas."
What legislation is Eisenhower enforcing with this executive order?
Brown v Board of Education
Three examples of methods to prevent African Americans from voting
Poll tax, literacy tests, grandfather clause
Got rid of voting barriers like literacy tests and poll taxes
Didn’t agree with using civil disobedience in the face of violence
Stokely Carmichael
Fought to end segregation using non-violence civil disobedience
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
1970 1,479 African American elected officials
1990 7,335 African American elected officials
What legislation led to this change?
Voting Rights Act
What two cities had major bus boycotts?
Montgomery, Alabama and Tallahassee, Florida
Upheld busing as a remedy to help integrate public schools
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971
Civil Rights Activist that helped found the Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
Advocated for Black Nationalism and armed self defense against police brutality
Black Panther Party
"When architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed 'unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"
According to Dr. King's speech, who guaranteed equal rights to all men?
The founding fathers
Put the following events in chronological order from oldest to most recent
-Voting Rights Act
-Passing of the 15th amendment
-Assassination of MLK
1. Passing of the 15th Amendment (1870)
2. Voting Rights Act (1965)
3. Assassination of MLK (1968)