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1. What was the Black Cabinet?
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1. An informal network of African American public policy advisers.
2. started with 30 people 3. Men 27 and Women 3 |
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2. Who was the leaders of the Black Cabinet?
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1. Mary McLeod Bethune and Robert Weaver
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3. Brown vs Board?
who brought case to surpreme courts? |
1. NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Color People |
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4. Brown vs Board?
When was the case started and what was the agreement? |
1. Case started in 1954
2. "Separated but equal is inherently unequal" |
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5. Brown vs Board?
What was the legal corner stone? |
1. Provided the legal foundation of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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6. Who was Emmett Louis Till?
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American teenager who was an early victim of civil rights-era violence.
(cousin dared him to say hi to a white woman) |
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7. Emmett Louis Till
When and where did the murder take place? |
1. In 1955 in Money, Mississippi
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8. What role did Mose Wright play?
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1. Sept. 1955 Identified the body by the ring with Emmett intials.
2. Testified and eye witness |
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9. What role does JET magazine play?
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1. Released photos of Emmett Tills corpse (funeral was open casket)
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10. What role does Look magazine play?
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1. Published the story of the murders about Emmett Till for 4,000 dollars
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What was the Defense?
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1.The body was so disfigured it could not be identified as Emmett L Till.
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What was the verdict?
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NOT GULITY!!!
(no body/no crime) |
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When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
How long did the bus Boycott last? |
1. December 1, 1955
2. 381 days |
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Who lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
and the (MIA) Montgomery Improvement Association |
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1. How did civil rights leaders use the media?
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1. Pressured America to bring about change exposing the justice
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2. What was the central potentially gobal conflict concerning the entire world at this time?
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2. The Cold War of 1950's - 1960s
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3. What are the 2 major outcomes of Bus Boycott?
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3. Dec 20, 1956 Supreme Court strikes down soegregation on buses.
3. The black community was empowered. |
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4. What important Civil rights establishment were founded in 1957 after Bus Boycott?
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4. (SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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5. Who were the leaders of SCLC?
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5. President was Dr. Martin L King Jr.
5. First Executive Director was Ella Baker |
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6. Who was MLK?
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1. Wrote "the Strength to Love"
2. Civil Rights leader 3. President of SCLC |
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7. Where and When did the SIT- IN take place?
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1960 Greensboro NC
started with 4 black college students at the Woolworth's Counter |
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8. How did the movement change over the year?
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70,000 black and white paricipated in sit-ins or marches in support.
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9. Why were the students chosen?
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9. Was able to think @ level of adults but didnt have the finicial restrictions.
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10. What was the advantage of the students?
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10. Students transformed the movement
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1. What was the first student group to be formed out of the movement?
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1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) |
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2. What was SNCC focus?
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2. Jail-No-Bail
2. Voter Registration 2. Empowerment |
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3. What was the name of another student group?
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3. (CORE) Congress of Racial Equality the Freedom Ride of 1961
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4. Who organized the freedom ride?
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4. Started with 7 blacks and 6 whites left D.C. on 2 public buses.
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5. What happened with the 1st freedom ride?
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5. Buses were attacked, fire bombed and the riders were beaten.
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1. What happened on the 2nd freedom ride?
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1. Federal government sent helicopators to evalucate freedom riders.
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2. Who stayed behinod and who took over?
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2. John Lewis stayed and (SNCC) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe took over rides continued
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3. What was the outcome of the Freedom rides?
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3. Spreaded to other transportation faculities and laws changed
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4. What was Project C?
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Project Confertation
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5. What inspired King to write letter from Birmingham Jail?
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5. Response to a group of white clergy
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6. What was the core central meesage?
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6. "Wait always means never"
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7. Who invited children to march?
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7. James Bevel
(children had fewer constraints) |
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8. What was Kings believe?
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8. "Subpoena the coscience of the nation"
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9. How many children marched on 1st and 2nd day?
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9. Day 1: 900 taken to jail on paddy wagons ad school buses Day 2: 1000 stayed out of school to march
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10. Who planned the march on Washington and purpose?
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10. Philip Randolph
Purpose: Jobs and equal opportunity |
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1. What happened on the 2nd freedom ride?
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1. Federal government sent helicopators to evalucate freedom riders.
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2. Who stayed behinod and who took over?
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2. John Lewis stayed and (SNCC) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe took over rides continued
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3. What was the outcome of the Freedom rides?
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3. Spreaded to other transportation faculities and laws changed
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4. What was Project C?
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Project Confertation
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5. What inspired King to write letter from Birmingham Jail?
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5. Response to a group of white clergy
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6. What was the core central meesage?
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6. "Wait always means never"
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7. Who invited children to march?
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7. James Bevel
(children had fewer constraints) |
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8. What was Kings believe?
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8. "Subpoena the coscience of the nation"
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9. How many children marched on 1st and 2nd day?
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9. Day 1: 900 taken to jail on paddy wagons ad school buses Day 2: 1000 stayed out of school to march
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10. Who planned the march on Washington and purpose?
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10. Philip Randolph
Purpose: Jobs and equal opportunity |
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1. What was the speech given at the peacetime gatherinng?
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1. "I have a Dream" MLK
1. aug 28 1863 1/4 million 1. largest peacetime gathering of that time |
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2. The most influential African American leader in the 2nd half of the 20th century?
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2. Dr. Martin L King
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3. Who was Malcolm X and two contributions?
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3. Pan African ideologue
3. Muslim religious leader 3. Muhammad Speaks the NOI 1st nationally distrubuted newspaper |
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4. List two contributors during the Great Migration?
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4. Chicago Defender
4.???????? |
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5.Twp of the events that marked the begining of the civil rights movement?
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5. Emmett Tills death and the Montgomery bus boycott
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