US History Chapter 29 – Flashcards
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civil rights movement
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began in the 1950's by blacks to gain greater equality in American society
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Thurgood Marshall
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African American lawyer who led the legal challenge against segregation
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Supreme Court case that ruled that separate schools for whites and blacks were unequal, unconstitutional
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Little Rock Arkansas
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Incident where President Eisenhower sent federal troops to allow black students into the high school.
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Rosa Parks
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refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and therefore was arrested
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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civil rights leader who preached nonviolent resistance
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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group formed by King and other civil rights ministers
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"I Have a Dream"
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famous speech made by King in regards to the civil rights bill
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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group formed by college students who wanted change for African Americans. sit-in- protest by occupying "whites-only" seats and refusing to get up.
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Freedom Riders
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rights protesters who rode buses trying to end segregation on buses and bus stations.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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banned segregation in all travel facilities
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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law that outlawed racial discrimination
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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law that eliminated state laws that had prevented blacks from voting
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de facto segregation
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segregation that exists by practice and custom, was a big problem in the North
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de jure segregation
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segregation by law, and is eliminated by repealing laws
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Malcolm X
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civil rights leader who followed the views of Elijah Muhammad
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Nation of Islam or Black Muslims
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followers of Malcolm X
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Stokely Carmichael
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black leader that introduced Black Power
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Black Power
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movement that stressed African American pride and leadership
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Black Panthers
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African American political party created in 1966 to fight police brutality and urged violent resistance against whites
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Kerner Commission
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group formed by President Johnson to study and report on the cause of urban violence and race relations
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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banned discrimination in housing
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affirmative action
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program aimed at hiring, including, and enrolling minorities.
