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Film Final
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51
History
Undergraduate 4
04/22/2012

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objections of Civil Rights Movement
Definition
End segregation, Ensure voting rights
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Civil Rights Movement
Definition
it's called a "second reconstruction era" by some historians.
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Browns v Board
Definition
it ends legal "separate but equal" (segregation de jure). The Supreme Court unanimously decided to end the segregation in schools but debated over how fast it should be done and if they had the right to intervene. They ruled ending school segregation with "all deliberate speed.
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Jim Crow
Definition
segregation laws
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Montgomery, AL
Definition
Racial hot spot. From Dec. 1955-Dec. 1956 the Black citizens of Montgomery stopped riding public busses in Montgomery. The boycott was sparked by Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat and getting arrested. It was an important part of the Civil Rights Movement because it lasted so long, it hurt the economy, and it brought MLKjr into the national spotlight. Black cab drivers gave cheap fares to black customers, white women would give their maids rides to and from work, and people would walk up to 8 miles to and from work every day. On December 21, 1956 the boycott ends in success. At 6 am they are given the right to ride in the front of the bus.
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Rosa Parks
Definition
Sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. Had just come back from a workshop on boycotts and had a high-ranking spot in the Alabama NAACP. Good representative for the boycott because she had an unblemished history.
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1960 North Carolina A&T
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Students from this school in Greensboro organized the first Woolworths sit-in
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Woolworths (Greensboro)
Definition
Sit-in begins with four students in Feb. 1960. By day 4 there are 400 students. Works b/c students are willing to be beaten, it hurts the economy, and the story is told all around the country.
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Albany GA.
Definition
Laurie Pritchett is the police chief here where he fights non-violent protestors with non-violence massive amounts of arrests
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Laurie Pritchett
Definition
Police chief in Albany. Wants non-violence as a way to combat civil rights demonstrators. Then calls in local sheriffs together and arrests everyone, takes them to jails. This means that there is no press, b.c they are only interested in violence.
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Birmingham AL,
Definition
police chief is "Bull" Connor. Birmingham was a huge racial hotspot during the Civil Rights era. Project "C" (for confrontation) started here which was a series of sit-ins and protests that were made to provoke masss arrests. They used children to protest as well.
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Eugene "Bull" Connor
Definition
head of police in Birmingham. He was aggressive, violent, and a well-known Klan member. White Citizens Council= political wing of the Klan. He had lost a city council election. Met civil rights protestors with extreme violence.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Definition
signed soon after the "I Have a Dream" speech. Signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson ended segregation
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Freedom Summer
Definition
: a massive campaign, Led by Bob Moses of the SNCC, to register as many black voters as possible in Mississippi during the summer of 1964. It began on June 2nd and workshops were held across the country and they were taught things like "how to be beaten up". Effects: 3 murders (Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman), youth begin to doubt effect of non-violence, stiffened sense that gov't didn’t care about A.A.s., Voter's Rights Bill of 1965 was passed, The Rise of Black Power.
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Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee
Definition
SNCC for short (pronounced "snick"). Was a civil rights group that young people participated in. They were a part of sit-ins, Freedom Summer, etc
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Bob Moses
Definition
: member of SNCC who calls for a large gathering in Mississippi to fight for voting rights (referred to as the "Freedom Summer")
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Black Power
Definition
refers to the growth of Black Pride (marked a shift from non violent protests to more radical forms
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Neshoba County
Definition
the county where Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman (of the Freedom Summer) were murdered
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James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman
Definition
3 men who were murdered during the Freedom summer in Mississippi.
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Edgar Ray Killen
Definition
Preacher and KKK organizer conspired in the killing of Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman
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Freedom Summer
Definition
-Freedom Summer was to ensure the vote
-Began June 2, 1964
-Workshops were held before in colleges across the country. They were taught "how to be beaten up" etc
-Violence ensued at Philly Miss (Neshoba County)
-Same tactics…same results as integration
-But…murders of Chaney, Schwerner, Goodman
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Major Effects of the freedom summer
Definition
-Youth beginning to doubt effect of non-violence
-Stiffened sense that the fed govt doesn’t care about AAs
-Voter's Rights Bill of 1965
-The Rise of Black Power
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Donn Pearce
Definition
Wrote the book that the movie was based on. Spent time in Raiford for breaking and entering (1949). Introduced to William Faulkner while in prison. Insisted that Cool Hand Luke was "just a story". There was no deep symbolism.
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Paul Newman (Luke)
Definition
"Rebel Without a Cause" character. Vet of WWII who was arrested on Franklin St. in Tampa for ruining parking meters. He was a rebel, non-conformist, and free.
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George Kennedy: Dragline
Definition
Cool Hand Luke fights him in the beginning of the movie. They are friends and escape together later on
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Morgan Woodward
Definition
Boss Godfrey. "The Man with No Eyes". Prison guard. Is the one that shoots Luke in the neck at the end of the movie
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Strother Martin
Definition
Captain. Runs Raiford. Heartless. He is the one that says the famous line "What we have here is a failure to communicate"
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Lloyd Jackson
Definition
Luke's name in the book
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Raiford
Definition
in Florida where Cool Hand Luke takes place
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Mad Magazine
Definition
known for its lampooning of pop culture
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Ken Kesey
Definition
: He put together the "Merry Pranksters", a group that experimented with hallucinogenic drugs. They all toured around the United States in a bus. He also wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Timothy Leary
Definition
: Former professor of psychology at Harvard. He began doing drugs and stopped giving his students grades. He saw LSD use as a spiritual awakening. He coined the term "Turn on, Tune in, Drop out". In 1968 he is arrested for marijuana use. While he is being put into the system he slips some LSD. When he died his body was shot into space (Gene Rodenberry is another figure who also shot himself into space).
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Haight-Ashbury
Definition
district in San Francisco known for its drug and hippie culture. Location of the "Death of the Hippie" parade.
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Ray Manzarek
Definition
co-founder of the Doors (with Jim Morrison
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Bob Weir
Definition
founding member of the Grateful Dead. Said that the problem with the prade was that it was for those that had killed the counter-culture.
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Human Be-In
Definition
: Happened during the "Summer of Love" (1967). It was a musical festival and the name came from the "sit-in" phase. People came just to "be".
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Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas and the Papas, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Definition
popular bands within the counter-culture
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Monterey Pop Festival
Definition
Happened during the "Summer of Love" (1967). It was one of the very first music festivals. Major acts included Jimi Hendrix (who burned his guitar on stage), Otis Redding (he got the best response from the audience), and Ravi Shankar (He said "you don't need drugs to listen to my music)
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Dr David E. Smith
Definition
-28 yr old grad student at UCSF, had experimented with drugs.
-On June 7, 1967 he opened up a clinic in San Fran.
-LOVE NEEDS CARE.
-Realized that people needed help. Helped with drug-related issues. Withdraws, communicable diseases, malnutrition, etc.
-Said that there were good drugs (LSD) and bad drugs
-1st day= 250 patients
-He dealt with this in a new way. No more healing with straitjackets, but with caring
-Leary visited and Smith gave him a tour around his clinic. Said "look what they're doing". Leary said "they aren't doing it right" and he walked out.
-Today: still deals with fallout from drug users
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Ketamine
Definition
drug. Also called "special K"
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STP
Definition
hallucinogenic drug
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Anton La Vey
Definition
most well-known satanist
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Peter Fonda
Definition
played Wyatt. Also co-wrote the script.
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Dennis Hopper
Definition
played Billy. Also co-wrote the script
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Jack Nicholson
Definition
George Hanson
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CB Radio
Definition
the radio that truck drivers and Smokey used to communicate with eachother
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Bandit
Definition
played by Burt Reynolds. He is the heroic legend of the "Southern Gentleman" that is "fighting the man"
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Cletus Snow
Definition
recruited by Bandit to drive the truck full of Coors
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Beaufort T. Justice
Definition
The sheriff from Texas who follows Bandit throughout the movie. He is racist and ignorant. He follows him with his son because Bandit picks up his son's bride, who ran away from their wedding. He is constantly outsmarted throughout the entire movie. He is a primitive throwback that provides a way for us to laugh at the "old south". He is a patriarch (ill punch your mother in the mouth, boy")
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Hal Needham
Definition
creator of the movie and former stunt car driver
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Frog
Definition
Field's character. She is the outsider. Also Bandit's love interest.
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