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22 Cards in this Set
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Presedential committee on civil rights
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.under Truman - expand civil rights section of the justice department and expanded laws against lynching
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A Philip Randolph
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"father of the civil rights movement" created idea of march on washington movement
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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established seperate but equal facilities
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Executive Order 9981
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desegregation of the armed forces
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Eisenhower on Civil rights
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very conservative - didnt support it at first but appointed Earl Warren
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Brown v. Board of Education
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(under Warren) - overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
-made it so separate facilities were not considered equal under law |
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Earl Warren
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appointed chief justice - very liberal and influential in the black cause (marshall defended Linda)
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Thurgood Marshall
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1st African American chief justice
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Mongomery Bus Boycott
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-Sparked by Rosa Parks
-cheap taxi service aided boycotters |
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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creates Southern Christian Leadership Conference and encourages nonviolent resistance
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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prohibited discrimination in public places but not a big deal - was not enforced
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Freedom Rides
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organized by CORE - tested Morgan v. Commonwealth ruling saying that segregated buses = unconstitutional
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24th Amendment
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abolishes the poll tax (the poll tax was a registration fee for voting)
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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forbade discrimination (of both blacks and women) in hotels, motels, restaraunts, etc. - this time more enforced
-set up the EEOC to enforce federal laws |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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eliminated ridiculous literacy test that many blacks had to take to vote
-US Supreme Court upheld this act -Gov't sent registrars to help blacks register to vote |
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Affirmative action
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a certain ratio of people would be counted... ex= colleges give benefits to blacks
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Malcolm X
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said not to be passive
"any means necessary" |
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Stokely Carmichael
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promoted black nationalism
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Betty Friedan
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Wrote "Feminine Mystique" and founded the National Organization for Women
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Glass ceiling
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term applied to women and the invisible barrier keeping them from advancing in society
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Roe v. Wade
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(under Burger) legalized abortion
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Title IX 1972 Educational Amendments
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guaranteed equal access for girls to all programs
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