African-Americans in U.S. History (1865-1960)

The figurative southern response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. BOE:

He fulfilled Kennedy's civil rights agenda by signing the Civil Rights/Voting Rights Acts:

the central focus of black community life and organization following emancipation

promoted the resettlement of American blacks in their own “African homeland"

attributed poverty/riots to racism; proposed investments and expansion of the welfare state

Organization founded in the wake of the Greensboro sit-in at Woolworth's Department Store:

attributed poverty/riots to slavery and a breakdown of the nuclear family; proposed the adoption of middle class values

The migration of African-Americans to the North in search of  better job opportunities:

contributed to Truman's desegregation of the federal government and the military

organization of northern women who came South to educate former slaves

Term used to describe the rebirth of African-American literature, art, and music

An example of massive resistance in which President Eisenhower called out the National Guard:

Greatest success of the Freedmen's Bureau

right to vote for all men except Native Americans and women:

James Weldon Johnson used this phrase to describe the racial violence in industrial cities

prevailing system of agriculture that impoverished black and white farmers alike

This U.S. President integrated the military and federal government by executive order:

executive order eliminating discrimination in defense industries

defines citizenship and equal protection under the constitution

Civil rights legislation that prohibited literacy tests and tripled voter registration among African-Americans:

Warren Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson:

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1968 also known as

abolished the poll tax in federal elections

He broke the color barrier in major league baseball:

agency created to assist former slaves in their transition to freedom:

Demonstration of 250k protesters for equality and employment organized by A. Phillip Randolph:

Birthplace of Jazz

Demanded the immediate end of slavery; southerners are evil

Founder of the NAACP, who pursued a legal approach in the fight against discrimination:

Which of the following actions were taken by freedmen in the wake of emancipation

Political organization of freedmen that essentially replaced the Freedman's Bureau

Civil rights legislation that ended discrimination in employment and public facilities:

Separate but equal is constitutional:

abolished slavery

the unintended political consequence of enfranchising former slaves

Lincoln's primary goal was to preserve the union with or without slavery

victory over dictators at abroad and racism at home

Ruling or Effect of the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857:

this college is an example of educational opportunities offered to former slaves:

first full silent motion picture;glorified the Ku Klux Klan; defamed blacks/carpetbaggers

The literal southern response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. BOE:

Her refusal to move sparked a year-long boycott of public transportation in Montgomery:

Many northern states did not allow African-Americans to vote until the 15th Amendment

Warren Court decision ruled county unit system unconstitutional = "one man, one vote"

Demonstration designed to challenge segregated bus terminals in the Deep South:

urged the abandonment of peaceful demonstrations and instead promoted "Black Power."

He threatened a demonstration to protest discrimination in the military and defense industries

Organization used terror, violence, and intimidation to restore the status quo antebellum:

the deadliest race riot in U.S. History

Which of the following was a means of disfranchisement?