Civil Rights

This led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

What did the Voting Rights Act (1965) enable federal officials to do?

The 1st organized movment to fight segregation was the

What doctrine was overturned by Brown v. BOE, 1954?

Groups that used economics to punish blacks who tried to cross the race barrier

This event was organized at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

The Congress on Racial Equality that was influenced by Ghandi's nonviolent movement

In 1957, 9 African American students attempted to enroll

This said that universities can't use race as admissions criteria

Formed in 1960 in NC with college students from 30 states who gought for equality using nonviolent means.

He encouraged blacks to call themselves African Americans

De Jure segregation is segregation that results from

An important result of the Black Power movement was that

An organization founded in NYC in the early 20th century to advance civil rights for people of color.

Who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up a bus seat to a white man?

The separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups

Which of the following was NOT advocated by the Black Panthers?

In the summer of 1964, thousands of white college students took part in

Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?

Winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize

A militant group formed in 1966 in CA; the original purpose was to protect African Americans from police violence.

What type of pressure did African Americans use in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?

Members of SNCC used ___ to desegregate lunch counters in the South.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Black Power Movement?

Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote

It means to bring people of different races together:

Led by Elijah Muhammed who believed that Islam should be the religion of African Americans

Arkansas governor who called out the National Guard to stop the Little Rock 9

MLK, Jr was a founder and the first president of the

He became the leader of SNCC in 1966 and kicked out whites because he preached seperatism and black power

The Civil Rights Act (1964) made segregation illegal in which of the following?

What methods were used to overturn Jim Crow laws and segregation?

African American civil rights lawyer who later became a Supreme Court Justice

African Americans who took pride in their history and culture and did NOT care to be part of the mainstream culture