ch. 21 Sg US history

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three examples of violence committed between 1962 and 1964 against African Americans and civil rights activist?

Fannie Lou Hamer was beaten trying to register to vote, a bomb in a Birmingham church killed four African-American girls, Klansmen with the support of local police, murdered three civil rights activists

Why did some civil rights leaders urge Stokely Carmichael to stop using the slogan "Black Power"?

leaders felt that the slogan "Black Power" antagonized whites

civil rights act of 1964

- banned most discrimination in employment and in public accommodations - enlarged federal power to protect voting rights and speed up school desegregation established equal employment opportunity commission to ensure fair treatment in employment

voting rights act 1965

- eliminated voter literacy tests enabled federal examiners to register voters

Civil Rights Act of 1957

- estb. federal commission on civil rights - estb. civil rights division in justice department to enforce civil rights laws - enlarged federal power to protect voting rights

civil rights act of 1968

- prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of most housing - strengthened antilynching laws - made it a crime to harm civil rights workers

what were some of the key beliefs advocated by Malcom X?

Black nationalism, self determination, racial pride, self-respect and the use of self-defense.

What were Jim Crow laws and how were they applied?

Jim Crow laws were passed in the south and were aimed at separating the races. Application of these laws included separate schools, streetcars and public restrooms.

what were the roots of Martin Luther King Jr. beliefs in nonviolent resistance?

Kings beliefs were rooted in Jesus' teachings to love ones enemies, Thoreau's concept of civil disobedience, Randolphs techniques for organizing massive demonstrations and Gandhi's use of nonviolent

What. was the significance of the federal court by James Meredith in 1962?

Meredith won federal court case allowing him to enroll in the university of Mississippi.


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