Civil Rights
What is the civil rights movement?
The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States
Who became the first African American female Buffalo Soldier—she disguised herself as a male.
Cathay Williams
What year did segregated units disband in the Armed Forces?
a.1865
b. 1915
c. 1948
d. 1965
C. In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 eliminating racial segregation in America's armed forces. The last all-black units were disbanded during the 1950s
What is the mission of the NAACP?
The NAACP was created in 1909 by an interracial group consisting of W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary White Ovington, and others concerned with the challenges facing African Americans, especially in the wake of the 1908 Springfield (Illinois) Race Riot
A civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' and her numerous poetry and essay collections
Maya Angelou
How did the civil rights movement start?
The American civil rights movement started in the mid-1950s. A major catalyst in the push for civil rights was in December 1955, when NAACP activist Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Read about Rosa Parks and the mass bus boycott she sparked.
An escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
First African American SMA?
a. Gene C. McKinney
b. William O. Wooldridge
c. Kenneth O. Preston
d. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther
a. Gene C. McKinney
Gene C. McKinney is a retired United States Army soldier who served as the 10th Sergeant Major of the Army, serving from July 1995 to October 1997.
The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad- also served as a spy for Union forces during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating which lasted from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.
Why was the civil rights movement important?
The Civil Rights Movement was an era dedicated to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States. During this period, people rallied for social, legal, political and cultural changes to prohibit discrimination and end segregation
An American politician, academic author, and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Barack Obama
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Buffalo Soldiers were African American Soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. In 1866, six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments were created after Congress passed the Army Organization Act
A collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
What amendment granted African American men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What president signed the civil rights act?
President Lyndon B. Johnson
On June 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, which was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
An American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current Vice President of the United States. She is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
Kamala Harris
True or False
African American Soldiers had to fight for equal pay.
True. Congress passed a bill authorizing equal pay for Black and white soldiers in 1864.
What is Juneteenth?
On June 19, 1865, the announcement was made that tens of thousands of African-Americans in Texas had been emancipated, closing the door on one of the last chapters of slavery in the U.S.
A social movement that started in 2013, protesting against racially motivated violence against African Americans.
Black Lives Matter Movement
Who opposed the civil rights movement?
The Klan's activities increased again in the 1950s and 1960s in opposition to the civil rights movement. In line with their founding ambitions, the Ku Klux Klan attacked and killed both blacks and whites who were seeking to enfranchise the African American population.
An American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Also best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King. Jr
Who was Hazel Johnson?
Hazel Johnson was the first African American chief of the Army Corps and first African American female brigadier general.
The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What year did congress allow the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army?
a. 1919
b. 1803
c. 1862
d. 1874
C. 1862 Congress allowed the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army. Some African American units precede this date, but they were disbanded as unofficial. Some 186,000 blacks served; of these 38,000 died.