Civil Rights part 1
Outlawed segregation in public facilities.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
First black Supreme Court justice, who argued the Brown case in front of the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
First civil rights legislation since reconstruction, this gave the attorney General power over desegregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act 1957?
Where African American protesters set down at segregated lunch counters.
What are Sit-ins?
August 28, 1963, “I have a dream speech”, A. Phillip Randolph organized march in support of the Civil Rights Bill.
What is the March on Washington?
Passed in 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal based on the “separate but equal doctrine”.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Passed in 1946, this ended segregated seating on interstate buses.
What is Morgan v. Virginia?
Seamstress and NAACP officer who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Protestors who rode buses throughout the South to challenge segregation laws.
Who are Freedom Riders?
Prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, religion, origin, and gender.
What is the Civil Right Act 1964?
Laws aimed at separating the races.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Passed in 1950, made it state law that schools must admit black applicants.
What is Sweat v. Painter?
26 year old pastor of Dexter Ave. Baptist Church that led the Montgomery bus boycott
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
First African American to integrate and graduate the University of Mississippi.
Who is James Meridith?
Abolition of the Poll Tax.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Developed a winning strategy to fight Jim Crow in the courts.
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
Passed in 1954, it declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
14 year old boy who was murdered for flirting with a white woman.
Who is Emmett Till?
Alabama governor who resisted desegregation.
Who is George Wallace?
Project to register African American voters in Mississippi (SNCC).
What is Freedom Summer?
Shortage of workers, over 1 million African Americans served, and civil rights leader continued during the war all led to this.
In what 3 ways did World War II cause the civil rights movement?
Southern Congressmen publicly denounce the Brown decision.
What is Southern Manifesto?
Group to carry out non violent crusades against second class citizenship.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference (SCLC)?
NAACP field secretary who was shot and killed after Kennedy’s speech demanding a civil rights bill.
Who is Medgar Evers?
Banned discrimination in public, used federal power to protect voting rights, sped up desegregation in schools, and established equal opportunity commission were all victories of this.
What were 4 victories brought on by the Civil Rights Act of 1964?