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| What is the National Urban League? | An organization that helped African Americans find housing and jobs |
| What does SCLC stand for? | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| Who formed the SCLC? | Black Christian clergymen (like...Martin Luther King) |
| What does CORE stand for? | Congress of Racial Equality |
| For what reason did groups like SCLC and CORE form? | To promote racial equality |
| How were SCLC and CORE alike? | They both believed in nonviolent protests |
| Who were the Freedom Riders? | Particants who rode buses in the south to make sure the the mandated interstate bus desegregation was being enforced and blacks are allowed the ride the bus |
| What was the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party? | It was a representative party of african americans sent to the Democratic National Convention in 1964 and make sure that the black voice was seen and heard |
| What are Black Panthers? | A revolutionary group of African American who believed in violent methods for fixing racial injustices and make groups of African American united to lead their own communities |
| What did the Black Panthers want? | For African American to lead their own communities (Black Nationalism) |
| What were the goals of the Black Muslims? | A group of African American who rejected anything related to white culture and supported the creation of a seperate black nation |
| Who created or founded the Black Muslims? | Elijah Muhammed |
| Which African American supported non-violence? | Martin Luther King |
| What was the goal of the civil rights movement? | to end segregation based on race |
| What is segregation? | A forced seperation that often meant blacks and whites were not able to use the same facilities or enjoy the same freedoms |
| What is de facto segregation? | Segregation based not on law but on poverty and ghetto conditions. It is real and not a legal separation |
| What is de Jure segregation? | Segregation based on law |
| What was a sit-in? | A form of protest in which protesters seat themselves and refuse to move |
| What is civil disobedience? | Nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change the law |
| Which black leader urged his followers to use civil disobedience? | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| What Indian civil rights leader actions influences Martin Luther King, Jr. and encourage passive resistance? | Ghandi |
| What is passive resistance? | Refusing to fight back when physical and emotional abuses are being used |
| What would often happen to the people who would use civil disobedience and passive resistance? | They would be put in jail |
| What are poll taxes? | A special fee that must be paid before a person could vote |
| What Amendment outlawed the use of poll taxes that often inhibited black voters from voting? | The 24th Amendment |
| President Kennedy was slow in supporting civil rights, why? | He was afraid he would alienate white, southern democratic congressmen whose support he need on Capitol Hill |
| Who was critisized for his comments about Kennedy's asissination? | Malcolm X |
| During which incidence of brutality did Kennedy finally propose a strong civil rights bill? | Birmingham, Alabama |
| What happened in Brimingham? | African American protestors where attacked by police dogs and sprayed with fire hoses |
| What was the name of the Chief of Police in Birmingham who encouraged police brutality against the protestors? | "Bull" Connor |
| What is SNCC? | The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee |
| What was the SNCC often called? | Snick |
| What orgainization did it used to be a part of? | SCLC |
| What was the goal of SNCC or Snick? | To give students (young black youth) a voice in civil rights |
| What was the Albany Movement? | It was to be a year of protest marches in Georgia. |
| Why did the Albany Movement fizzle out? | Because the police also practiced non-violence and there was no press, no violence, no public attention by the media; therefore, no purpose |
| Who was James Meredith? | The former soldier who attempted to attend the University of Mississippi |
| What was it about Birmingham, Alabama that made it the target of many civil rights activities? | It was extremely segregated and it was where the SCLC started Project C |
| Why did 200,000 African American peacefully attend the 1963 March on Washington? | To have a voice to convince congress to pass civil rights legislation |
| Young African Americans did what in 1964 to increase the black voice in Washington? | Sign up voters |
| Did Malcolm X believe in segregation or integration? | Segregation, he thought the black man would be better off with his own community, government, schools, etc. |
| Who was the leader who called for "Black Power?" | Stokely Carmichael |
| What was the name of the committe that said the nation was voving towards two separate and unequal societies? | The Kerner Commission Report |
| What was "Project C?" | The name of the SCLC marches in Birmingham, Alabama |
| What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964? | The LAW that declared discrimintion on the basis of race and sex to be illegal |
