Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
PRESIDENT TRUMAN EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981
Desegregated the military
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by what court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
Feminist leader during the early 60s. Wrote the Feminine Mystique.
Who is Betty Friedan?
Lawyer in the Brown V Board of Education court case. Becomes the first black Supreme Court justice.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Cannot refuse athletic events and programs for female sports
What is Title IX?
A type of civil disobedience where protesters enter a segregated restaurant and wait to be served.
What are Sit-Ins?
The University of Texas law school had to admit a black student. Ended segregation in colleges.
Sweatt v. Painter
A Civil Rights group that protected their communities in urban cities using "any means necessary."
Who are the Black Panthers?
Conservative women who said women do not have to join the workforce or stop being caretakers.
Phyllis Schlafly
Organization which advocated for black Americans' rights
NAACP
What was the goal of Dr. King's "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" during the Civil Rights era?
To encourage protesters to engage in nonviolent protests to support the Civil Rights movement.
Which amendment banned poll taxes?
What is the 24th Amendment?
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
Name 1 leader of the UNITED FARM WORKERS union. Supported migrant farmers by protesting for better working conditions.
Dolores Huerta / Cesar Chavez
Leaders from the Southern States rejected the integration of Civil Rights laws by refusing to change (can also be the name of their group)
Maintaining the Status Quo / Congressional Bloc of Southern Democrats
Protesters of all races drove buses around the South to protest segregated transportation
What are the Freedom Riders?
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
This governor refused to step out of the doorway at the University of Alabama. Attempted to stop the desegregation of schools.
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 to enforce this policy across the nation
What are Fair Employment Opportunities / Affirmative Action
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT PROTECTS WHICH AMENDMENT?
15TH AMENDMENT
Explain the ruling of Hernandez V Texas
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed this about U.S. society
Integrated public places (Schools/Restaurants)