Who Said What?
Who said it? What does it mean?
“Cast down your bucket where you are.”
Booker T Washington
Encouraging white cotton farm owners to hire local Black Americans
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to people born or naturalized in the United States.
14th amendment
This woman helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks
This lawyer argued against school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first Black Supreme Court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
What were some key differences between Washington and Du Bois regarding the struggle for civil rights for African Americans?
Washington emphasized vocational education and economic advancement without social/political equality, while Du Bois advocated immediate civil and political equality.
Who said it? What does it mean?
“It has been claimed that the Negro can survive only through submission.”
WEB DuBois
Talking about BTW saying BTW was okay with Black Americans not fighting for rights / equality
This Supreme Court case established the doctrine of "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
This word means a refusal to use something
Boycott
This minister became a national civil rights leader during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why was the murder of Emmett Till an important turning point in the Civil Rights Movement?
It exposed the brutality of racial violence and helped inspire activism.
Where is this quote from? What does it mean?
“Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does.”
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court argued that separating Black and white children into different public schools is inherently unequal, even if the schools have the same resources and facilities.
This amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections.
24th amendment
These activists traveled on interstate buses through the South to challenge segregation in interstate transportation.
Freedom Riders
This organization, founded in 1909, fought racial discrimination through lawsuits and other forms of advocacy.
NAACP - stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Explain how the Supreme Court's reasoning in Brown v. Board of Education differed from its reasoning in Plessy v. Ferguson.
Brown recognized that racial segregation in public education was creates inequality (even if facilities are equal), rejecting the application of "separate but equal" to public schools.
Who said it? What does it mean?
“The wisest among my race understand that to agitate about questions of social equality is the greatest folly.”
Booker T Washington
He is saying Black Americans know it isn’t worth their time to fight for social equality - it would be foolish
Passed by Johnson, this law gave the federal government the power to force local officials to allow African Americans to register to vote.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
During these protests, demonstrators occupied segregated lunch counters and refused to leave.
Sit-ins
This student-led organization organized sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and other nonviolent direct-action protests.
SNCC - stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
What are some differences and similarities between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X?
Similarities - both fought for racial equality, religious leaders, (and more)
Differences - different approaches to change (MLK - nonviolent protests, civil disobedience, Malcolm X - self defense, protect themselves when threatened), MLK wanted black and white Americans to live together as equals, Malcolm X initially supported black Americans building independent communities,
Many more
Where is this quote from? What does it mean?
“Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact...have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the [rights] of the state legislatures in the exercise of their...power.”
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court is saying that state governments have the right to create laws that separate Black and white people in public places
This act prohibited discrimination against Black Americans in employment, voting, and public accommodations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This 1965 protest helped build support for the Voting Rights Act after demonstrators were violently attacked by state troopers.
Selma March / Bloody Sunday
This president sent federal troops to protect Black students integrating Little Rock Central High School.
Dwight Eisenhower
Why was the situation for African Americans so bleak in the 1890s when Booker T. Washington gave his Atlanta Compromise speech? (You took notes on this!)
Recession - high unemployment rate
Things were getting worse for Black Americans in the south - voting rights were being taken away, Jim Crow laws, segregation, lynching, competing with high numbers of immigrants for jobs