History of Africa Questions
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4 young girls killed when 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham bombedKing marches from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL
Banned literacy testsFed. oversight for voter registration in areas w/ less than 50% of nonwhites registered to voteAttorney General can investigate for poll taxes
Protests against segregation on interstate busing in the south
Self defense & even violenceAfr. Amer. control social, political, & econ. direction of strugglePride in Af. Amer. culture & heritage
African-American leader of the Nation of Islam who favored violence and black separatismLittle is name given by "white society"Killed X for leaving & criticizing it
Linda Brown argued because she didn't want to go all the way across town to go to her black school so she went to court This led to the decision focused on the 14th amendment and Lead to the Southern Manifesto
planned a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. After being ordered to stop the march by Sheriff Clark, the marches kneeled to pray and were then attacked by state troopers. (Without MLK)
The hanging of black people. They would be tortured and hanged on tree branches.
MilitantWilling to use violenceBelieved heirs to XRevolution was necessaryBelieved Af. Amer. should arm themselves & force equal rights & end Racial oppression
Early Victories No all white juriesNo segregation on interstate busesState law schools must admit qualified black applicants
the statement issued by southern congressmen in 1956 that said states were not bound to obey Supreme Court decisions outlawing racial segregation
9 Afr. Amer. prevented from integrated schoolGovernor sent National Guard to stop themPres. Eisenhower federalized National Guard
What was a common theme in the conduct of the civil rights protests of the 1950s and 1960s?
She was arrested and fined $10 for sitting on the white side of the bus
King ArrestedWrote "Letter From Birmingham Jail"Dogs & fire hoses used on protesters
Lower grades & test scoresMore likely to drop outLess likely to go to/graduate from college
A 14-year-old African American boy that was allegedly flirting with a white woman, he was brutally murdered after. his mother said that there needed to be an open casket to show how beaten he was and was extremely public
To pressure Congress200,000+ people"I Have a Dream" speechOpponents still stalled bill
Disagreed w/segregation, but thought would end on its own
racism didn't go awaygood black schools closed38,000 black teachers were fired