Early Demands
What Supreme Court case desegregated public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka
What were the casualties of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing?
4 young girls died as a result of the bombing
What was the goal of the "freedom summer"?
To register more African Americans to vote (X6)
What is the capital of Hawaii
Honolulu
What is the capital of Colorado?
Denver
How did President Eisenhower react to the events in Little Rock, Arkansas?
He sent federal troops to protect African American students integrating into white schools
What did Eugene Connor do to stop the Birmingham demonstrations led by MLK
He first tried a court order injunction but then turned to police attack dogs and fire hoses to disperse the crowd
What group was Malcolm X formerly a part of that allegedly assassinated him in 1965?
The Nation of Islam
How did Jackie Robinson affect civil rights?
He paved the way for the integration of sports (x3)
What is the capital of Utah?
Salt Lake City
What piece of legislation did the SCLC help get passed in 1957?
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 (X2)
What were the effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Public segregation was banned, the government could try someone for violating a person's civil rights, the government could compel state and local schools to desegregate
Black Power is...
Black Power is the use of African American political and economic power to gain equality
What is a sit-in?
A sit-in is where African Americans would sit in an all white store, library, or beach till closing as a means of protesting segregation
What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
What is "de jure segregation"?
For an extra 100: What is "de facto segregation?"
De jure segregation- Laws that impose segregation by race
De facto segregation- Segregation by custom or tradition
What tension was brewing during the march on Washington D.C
The SNCC wanted the march to be more militant to show dissatisfaction
Why were the Black Panthers considered controversial?
Because of their militant behavior
How did MLK feel about Black Power?
MLK disagreed with the doctrine of black power and sought nonviolent means to fight injustice
What is the capital of Alaska?
Juneau
What case declares that segregated schools had to be of equal quality to one another or else the schools would have to be desegregated?
Sweat v. Painter (1950)
What was the "freedom ride"? What happened to the riders?
It was a campaign funded by CORE that saw people tour through the South openly defying segregationist codes. One bus was fire bombed while the other bus was attacked by a mob
What legislation was used to ban literacy tests? What about the poll tax?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned literacy tests while the 24th Amendment banned the poll tax
What did the Black Panthers do to help their communities?
They created patrols to help people from being abused by the police and created antipoverty programs
What is the capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe