Lesson 43
Murdered in 1955 and sparked the Civil Rights movement in the South.
1947
What was the year Jackie Robinson broke the "color barrier" in baseball?
Boycott of city busing to protest segregation.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Wanted to end ageism.
Who are Older Americans?
This group fought back against police arrests and harassment in the Stonewall Riots.
Who were LGBT Americans?
Plessy v. Feguson
What was the Supreme Court Case that established "separate but equal?"
Organized sit-ins to protest lunch counter segregation; organized in 1942.
What was CORE?
Central High School
What Arkansas high school was desegregated under presidential order in 1957?
Wanted colleges and universities to add new areas of study and classes about their culture and heritage.
Who are Asian-Americans?
The complete separation of whites and blacks; belief held by Malcolm X.
What is "Black Nationalism?"
Defacto and de jure segregation
1948
What year did President Truman desegregate the military?
Organized to protest interstate busing.
What were the Freedom Rides?
Wanted equal access to public accommodations and facilities.
Who are Disabled Americans?
This commission studied the causes of inner city riots in 1967 and concluded that they were caused by poverty, poor living and school conditions, unemployment and police brutality.
What is the Kerner Commission?
Fewer teachers, lack of materials, multiple ages in classroom.
1954
What year did the Supreme Court strike down school segregation in the landmark Brown v. Topeka Board of Education?
Organized to put pressure on Congress to pass a civil rights bill that banned segregation in 1963.
What was the March on Washington?
Wanted to pass an Equal Rights amendment.
Who are women?
This was designed by the federal government to fight against racism and discrimination in colleges and universities.
What is "preferential treatment?"
Poll taxes, literacy tests
What are two effects of segregation in politics?
Brooklyn Dodgers
What team did Jackie Robinson play for?
Organized to register black voters in the South after the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed.
What was the Freedom Summer?
Organized a boycott of grapes and lettuce to win better pay, living and working conditions.
Who are Latinos?
Helped community with free lunch programs, medical clinics and monitored police activity for brutality.
Who were the Black Panthers?