50s
What president banned discrimination in federal employment?
Harry Truman
Who took the lead in the movement in the 60s?
College Students
Who was Linda Brown? What did she want to do?
Focal point of Brown v. Board of Education, wanted to attend an all white school.
What word is this? "People alter how they dress or behave to reflect pride in their culture"
Cultural Nationalism
What was the first fully integrated High School in Raleigh?
Enloe
What is this definition describing? "The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others."
Segregation
What group organized the sit-ins?
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What is the importance of Thurgood Marshall?
NAACP Lawyer who was the prosecutor in Brown v. Board case.
In the 60s what was there an increase in interest for?
The teaching of black history and culture.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A Map
What established "Separate but Equal?"
Plessy v. Ferguson
What gained the civil rights movement national attention?
Nonviolent boycotts like sit-ins
Who thought progress had to be achieved by any means necessary?
Malcolm X
What was the goals of writers during the civil rights movement?
They used political messages to bring attention to the movement.
What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?
Day and Night
In the 50s, what was the focus of the movement?
Who tried to get arrested and why?
Freedom riders and to bring media attention.
Who known for popularizing the black power gesture in the US
Stokely Carmichael
What role did the Dutchman play in the civil rights movement?
It showed the brutal reality of racial problems in America.
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
Your breath
What were the issues with many early court cases that dealt with racial discrimination?
Courts would make a decision but had no way of enforcing it.
What event occured because of the 24th Amendment?
The Mississippi Freedom Project
Who brought nation wide attention to racial violence?
Emmett Till
What is developing throughout the Civil Rights movement?
Cultural Identity
What was Mr. Farmer's first major in college?
Political Science