1960s-1970s Civil Rights

Several marchers were attacked at Edmund Pettis Bridge during

Which of the following events were organized by CORE?

This campaign focused on voter registration in the South

All of the following can be used to describe the Children's Crusade EXCEPT

Mendez v Westminster ordered California schools to stop discriminating against students of Mexican descent

For what does the acronym SNCC stand?

The Bureau of Indian Affairs ensured American Indian children maintained their heritage when attending boarding schools.

This person was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement & helped found the SCLC

In this event several American Indian protesters set out to symbolically reclaim Alcatraz Island for the Indian people.

What was the SCLC?

This event was intended to symbolize the forced removal of American Indian from their homelands

This civil rights leader was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam.

This organziation was started by Bobby Seale & Huey Newton & created several programs to aid Black communities.

refers to active effort to improve employment & educational opportunities for minorities & women

What was decided as a result of Regents of University of California v Bakke?

The United Farm Workers fought for

Which AIM event was intended to raise awareness for Native American oppression?

What was the March on Washington of 1963?

What term was used during the Chicano movement, meaning "the people"?

What was the main message of King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

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In which court case did the plaintiff argue that his rights to trial by peers was denied?

AIM is the name of the American Indian Movement.

Which civil rights legislation ended discrimination in the workplace?

Which civil rights legislation banned literacy tests & poll taxes & ensured voter registration of African Americans?

Black Power promoted...

Who founded the United Farm Workers?

Which of the following can be used to describe race riots of the 1960s?

Known as the __________________, this series of events was aimed at desgregating the "most segregated city."

Who was George Wallace?