Week 7 Part1
What was specifically not protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Voting rights
What form of segregation was ended in the wake of the Browder vs Gayle court case?
Segregation of public buses
What government initiative was attacked by the supreme court case The Regents of The University of California vs Bakke?
Affirmative Action
This organization pushed for economic reform, education reform, and self-defense initiatives
The Black Panther Party
This person nearly lost their career by protesting the War in Vietnam
Muhammad Ali
What did Malcolm X believe desegregation would not solve?
Education Inequality, Poverty, Police Brutality
What part of the African American community served as the "foot soldiers" of the movement, raising money and serving as public figures in major court cases?
Women
What group of people claimed to be placed in "Double Jeopardy" in the United States?
Black women
This organization focused on voter registration, desegregation, and direct action protests.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
This person was the first African American Secretary of State
Colin Powell
What major Civil Rights event resulted from the murder of Jimmy Lee Jackson?
The Selma Marches
Which of the following practices were employed in the North and the West to effectively segregate communities?
African-Americans and other minorities were denied home loans in a practice known as Red Lining, African-Americans and other minorities were explicitly barred from moving into certain neighborhoods by racist neighborhood covenants, as seen in the Levittown Communities., Whites would abandon neighborhoods where African Americans and other minorities moved to, in a process known as White Flight
What was not true of the AIDS epidemic during the 1980s and 1990s?
Ronald Reagan attempted to combat the disease as president
This organization used the religious community as a network to organize without drawing the attention of the government
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This activist tried to militarize his chapter of the NAACP to fight back against lynching, only to be exiled to Cuba
Robert Williams
Towards the end of his career and life, what cause did Martin Luther King Jr. take up as an integral part of fighting for Civil Rights?
Addressing Economic Inequality
What HBCU found itself under attack by government agents during a botched police raid on a campus demonstration?
Jackston State University
While the Fair Housing Act opened up home ownership to many African Americans and other minorities, how did some communities try and keep segregated in spite of the new laws?
They restricted where affordable housing could be built
This Oakland-based organization promoted education support in at-risk areas
The Intercommunal Youth Institute
This activist founded the SNCC and became a mentor to a new generation of Civil Rights activists
Ella Baker
While many government organizations clashed with the Civil Rights movement, which government organization specifically went after prominent Civil Rights leaders over reported connections to Socialism and Communism?
The House Un-American Activities Committee
What American president helped to popularize the racist "Welfare Queen" concept as a means to discredit the various government welfare programs?
Ronald Reagan
What became the term to describe African Americans who were able to get beyond racial discrimination due to their wealth?
Transcendent
This organization tried to help find summer jobs for youths living in at-risk areas.
The Neighborhood Youth Corp
This activist is among the first to promote Black Power
Stokely Carmichael