1) Jim Crow Laws created separate social arrangements that effect Af. Am. in what 3 ways?
- African Americans had to sit in the back of the bus
-They had separate schools (of course the Black school is lower in quality)
-They had separate entrances in public facilities.
2) What examples does the book list to support this statement, “everywhere I go in the south the Negro is forced to choose between his hide and his soul”?
Six black war veterans were murdered by civilians for claiming for rights. A fourteen-year-old boy was lynched for allegedly leering at a white woman. Basically, Black people have to either subjugate themselves or risk being attacked.
3) Who were Wendell Willkie and Gunnar Myrdal and what effect did they have.?
Willkie was the defeated Republican candidate for president in 1940 who published One World, which supported racially blind universalism. Myrdal was a Swedish scholar who published An American Dilemma, which exposed the contradiction between American ideals and the treatment of black citizens. They punctured the conscience of many Americans.
the NAACP?
4) How did WWII effect the attitudes of Af. Am.?
The war fashioned a new militancy and restlessness among the members of the black community.
5) Who and what was the NAACP?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a league of black lawyers who pushed for the disintegration of segregation by fighting in Court.
6) Rosa Parks role in the Civil Rts movement?
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat in the Whites' Only section of the bus and her arrest inspired the black community to boycott of city buses.
7) Who was Dr. King?
A prominent civil rights activist who was prized for his audacity, leadership, and oratorical skill. He advocated the use of peaceful resistance in the face of discrimination. A few of his noteworthy feats were his participation in voters' rights campaigns and his famous I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
8) What was the “To Secure These Rights” report?
Made by President Truman after the lynching of black veterans, the report's recommendations led to the end of segregation in federal civil service and established equal treatment in the armed forces. However, Congress refused to pass the legislation.
9) Brown v. Board of Education.
In this Supreme Court Case, Chief Justice Earl Warren led the Court in ruling that the segregation of public schools was inherently equal.
10) “Declaration of Constitutional Principles”
A resistance doctrine formed by the congressional representatives of the south who pledged their unyielding resistance to desegregation.
11) Ike and civil rights
Ike refused to get very involved int he Civil Rights Movement. His only civil rights acts were sending troops to escort black students to their classes in Little Rock's Central High School and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which investigated violations to civil rights and authorized federal injunctions to protect voting rights.
12) Little Rock Nine
The nine African American students who attempted to attend Little Rock's Central High School following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. They were faced with animosity, so they were escorted by federal troops.
13) Civil Rights Act
Passed in 1957 under the term of Eisenhower. It was a mild bill that set up the Civil Rights Commission, which investigated violations of civil rights and authorized federal injunctions to protect voting rights.
14) SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed by MLK in 1957. It utilized the influential power of black churches on behalf of black rights.
15) Sit ins
The movement was began by black college freshmen in North Carolina because of the waitress' refusing to serve the students. The strategy became popular, and eventually it led to different forms of passive resistance.
16) SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee was formed by a group of students that focused on passive resistance against racial discrimination.
- African Americans had to sit in the back of the bus
-They had separate schools (of course the Black school is lower in quality)
-They had separate entrances in public facilities.
2) What examples does the book list to support this statement, “everywhere I go in the south the Negro is forced to choose between his hide and his soul”?
Six black war veterans were murdered by civilians for claiming for rights. A fourteen-year-old boy was lynched for allegedly leering at a white woman. Basically, Black people have to either subjugate themselves or risk being attacked.
3) Who were Wendell Willkie and Gunnar Myrdal and what effect did they have.?
Willkie was the defeated Republican candidate for president in 1940 who published One World, which supported racially blind universalism. Myrdal was a Swedish scholar who published An American Dilemma, which exposed the contradiction between American ideals and the treatment of black citizens. They punctured the conscience of many Americans.
the NAACP?
4) How did WWII effect the attitudes of Af. Am.?
The war fashioned a new militancy and restlessness among the members of the black community.
5) Who and what was the NAACP?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a league of black lawyers who pushed for the disintegration of segregation by fighting in Court.
6) Rosa Parks role in the Civil Rts movement?
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat in the Whites' Only section of the bus and her arrest inspired the black community to boycott of city buses.
7) Who was Dr. King?
A prominent civil rights activist who was prized for his audacity, leadership, and oratorical skill. He advocated the use of peaceful resistance in the face of discrimination. A few of his noteworthy feats were his participation in voters' rights campaigns and his famous I Have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
8) What was the “To Secure These Rights” report?
Made by President Truman after the lynching of black veterans, the report's recommendations led to the end of segregation in federal civil service and established equal treatment in the armed forces. However, Congress refused to pass the legislation.
9) Brown v. Board of Education.
In this Supreme Court Case, Chief Justice Earl Warren led the Court in ruling that the segregation of public schools was inherently equal.
10) “Declaration of Constitutional Principles”
A resistance doctrine formed by the congressional representatives of the south who pledged their unyielding resistance to desegregation.
11) Ike and civil rights
Ike refused to get very involved int he Civil Rights Movement. His only civil rights acts were sending troops to escort black students to their classes in Little Rock's Central High School and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which investigated violations to civil rights and authorized federal injunctions to protect voting rights.
12) Little Rock Nine
The nine African American students who attempted to attend Little Rock's Central High School following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling. They were faced with animosity, so they were escorted by federal troops.
13) Civil Rights Act
Passed in 1957 under the term of Eisenhower. It was a mild bill that set up the Civil Rights Commission, which investigated violations of civil rights and authorized federal injunctions to protect voting rights.
14) SCLC
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed by MLK in 1957. It utilized the influential power of black churches on behalf of black rights.
15) Sit ins
The movement was began by black college freshmen in North Carolina because of the waitress' refusing to serve the students. The strategy became popular, and eventually it led to different forms of passive resistance.
16) SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee was formed by a group of students that focused on passive resistance against racial discrimination.