Civil Rights

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A-Levels History Flashcards on Civil Rights, created by TheHevzter on 11/05/2013.
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Black Power leader Worked with Malcolm X Black Panther Party Stokley Carmichael
Passing laws is de jure or de facto? De Jure
Militant Tactics Originally was ....... Little Believed in Black Supremacy Malcolm X
Peaceful tactics SCLC and NAACP support Gained a lot of white support Martin Luther King (MLK)
Police Chief in the North Used cattle prods and violence Bull Connor
Self Segregation is a de ......... problem? De Facto
Brown vs the Board of Education was what year? 1954
What does the NAACP stand for? National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
What does SCLC stand for? Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What does SNCC stand for? Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee
What did SNCC become? Violent/militant
Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 Registered black people (African Americans) for the vote
Chicago 1966 MLK Failure No SCLC De Facto segregation Rock thrown at MLK
Freedom Rides 1961 Black people rode the front of the bus, white people rode the back - across the border into the North White resistance Jim Zuerg beaten up (white man)
Little Rock 1957 Little Rock 9 registered in an all White School - Little Rock Central High School
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955 Rosa Parks arrested for not moving for a white man on the bus Boycotted the buses, beginning of campaigns
Murder of Emmett Till 1955 Killed by two white men, found innocent All white jury for 'flirting' with a white woman
Meredith and Ole' Miss 1962 James Meredith registered in Mississippi university (all white)
Selma 1965 Bloody Sunday Two marches followed From Selma to Montgomery
March against Fear 1966 James Meredith Protesting against racism
March on Washington 1963 MLK 'I have a dream' speech 1/4 million people, 1/4 of them white Showed white support for the cause
Greensboro sit-ins 1960 Sit-ins at the Greensboro counters, black and white students White abuse
Albany 1961 Absoloute failure Focused on too many aims
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