US Unit 8

Challenged the constitutionality of segregation in public schools

Proposed Constitutional amendment; passed by Congress in 1972, but not ratified (yet)

Early civil rights leader; believed black society would always lack resources, be inferior without integration

Used to integrate lunch counters in the South; form of nonviolent resistance

Guaranteed American Indians protection under the Constitution

How did Gov. Orval Faubus react to the order to desegregate schools

CORE was an organization that committed to

Main goal of the Japanese American Citizens League in the 70s and 80s

Legal rights that protect against discrimination (act of Congress)

Deliberately breaking laws considered unjust

Political acts, including protests, that have immediate impact

The Little Rock Nine were

Goal was to register black voters in Southern states

Established hate crimes as federal crimes

Freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution

Joined the Nation of Islam, promoted Black Nationalism, rejected nonviolence

Which organization used Rosa Parks as a test case against segregation?

Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in

Created to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society

James Meredith was the first African American to attend

Group that actively investigated civil rights leaders to discredit, disrupt, & neutralize their work

Goal of -------- policies is to increase the number of minorities in the workforce

Movement to focus on African history, African culture, achievements of African peoples

Redrawing the lines of a voting district; used to make black votes meaningless

Senators speak at great length to prevent legislative action & stall bills

Laws banning interracial marriage; found unconstitutional by Loving v. Virginia

Started in Oakland, focused on bettering the community & ending police mistreatment of African Americans

Desegregation of the armed forces (military)

Concluded the cause of racial rioting in the 1960s was the unfulfilled expectations of the civil rights movement

Responsible for the occupation of Alcatraz, the Trail of Broken Treaties, & the Longest Walk

Beginning of the Gay Rights Movement; fighting back against raiding of gay bar in NYC

Early civil rights leader; advocated for segregation & education as the key to black success

Helped found United Farm Workers, organized a national boycott of grapes, used hunger strikes to gain attention

An example of de jure segregation

Early civil rights leader; sepratist, Back to Africa movement

Which president sent federal troops to Central High to force integration?

500,000 Southern blacks moved to Northern & Western cities for better paying industrial jobs

His murder, memorial, & lack of justice helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement

Asian Americans considered ----- because they worked hard & succeeded without making demands

Known for its activism on civil rights and free speech

Ruled that racial quotas in university admissions are unconstitutional

Lead Alabama & Supreme Court to declare bus segregation unconstitutional; MLK Jr. a national civil rights leader

Denying voting rights

Sent observers into the streets armed with law books & shotguns to protect black people from police mistreatment

1963 political gathering; one of the largest ever held in the US

Agreement among neighbhors not to sell or rent to racial minorities

Illiteracy, lack of education, and low-level positions are examples of

An example of de facto segregation

Broke the color line in major league baseball

Which miniseries followed several generations of an enslaved black family & was a huge hit in America?

Outlawed discrimination in employment, public schools, & public accomodations

NAACP lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education, became 1st black Supreme Court justice

Gray Panthers formed to combat unfair treatment of

Tactic used by SCLC & Martin Luther King, Jr. to bring about change

Promoted by the Nation of Islam