Vocab
Betty Friedan wrote this book that took America by storm and headlined the feminism movement.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
Community organizer and founder of the United Farm Workers, led migrant Mexican American farm workers in a boycott.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
"Separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This leader, who was inspired by Ghandi, was shot on a 2nd story balcony in Memphis, TN on April 4th, 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Who was Emmett Till?
The belief that men & women should be equal politically, economically, and socially.
What is feminism?
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This amendment allowed Vietnam soldiers to vote at the same age they could enlist.
What is the 26th amendment?
DAILY DOUBLE!! These two brothers were killed within 5 years of each other, one a beloved advocate of Civil Rights who was shot twice while campaigning for re-election in Dallas and the other a Senator campaigning to be President.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK) & Robert Kennedy (RFK)?
Central High School in Arkansas was the location of this showdown over integration.
What is the Little Rock Nine?
Civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight lynching, discrimination, and segregation that is still around today.
What is the NAACP?
"any means necessary" & Black Revolution
This ruled that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board?
Promoted black power and pride, controversial but influential figure who was shot 21 times at a rally in NYC.
Who is Malcolm X?
1963 protest led by MLK, where he delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Artists who painted murals that portrayed Mexican American culture across the Southwest.
What is the Chicano Mural Movement?
A women who fought for Mexican American civil rights in California alongside Cesar Chavez.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
Prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against women in all areas of school operations.
What is Title IX?
Gunned down in his driveway by the KKK, he worked for the NAACP and was their first field secretary.
Who is Medger Evers?
Lasted for sevearl months, these protests were against segregated bus terminals in the South.
What is the Freedom Rides?
This acronym stands for the group of Latin American Citizens who fought discrimination against persons of Latin American ancestry.
What is LULAC?
Lead lawyer for the Brown v. Board case with the NAACP as well as first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
DAILY DOUBLE!! These 2 amendments were integral in the fight for civil rights, the first providing equal protection under the law for everyone and the second getting rid of poll taxes.
What are the 14th & 24th amendments?
Who is Fred Hampton?
An easily misunderstood acroynm stands for this student led group that protested the Vietnam War, poverty, and treatment of blacks across America.
Who is the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?