Leaders
Groups
Presidents
Events
Tactics
100
Major leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a symbol of nonviolent protest.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
100
Organization that worked through the court system to challenge segregation laws throughout the country.
What is the NAACP?
100
Through helping Martin Luther King get out of jail, this man gained the Southern Black votes--allowing him to be elected in 1960.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
Event that caused the African Americans of a Southern City to refuse the use of the municipal transportation system.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
Tactic where protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters to bring about equal service.
What is a sit-in?
200
SNCC become more radical under his leadership.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
200
Started during WWII, this civil rights group was dedicated to bringing about change through peaceful confrontation.
What is CORE?
200
This president sent the National Guard to protect the Little Rock Nine as they started school.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Landmark court case that declared "separate by equal" was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Designed to test whether southern states would obey the Supreme Court ruling and allow African Americans to exercise the rights newly granted them.
What are Freedom Rides?
300
Originally against the peaceful methods of the Civil Rights Movement, this man had a change of heart after a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
This organization's peaceful protests shifted the focus of the civil rights movement to the South.
What is SCLC?
300
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
300
Over 200,000 people met at the nation's capital to call for "jobs and freedom".
What is the March on Washington?
300
A believe in the separate identity and racial unity of the African community.
What is black nationalism?
400
In his desire to get a good education, this man took his case all the way tot he Supreme Court, stating that "Ole Miss" denied him admittance because of his race.
Who is James Meredith?
400
This organization was founded to make sure the needs of young African Americans were being met.
What is SNCC?
400
He said, "We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it, and we cherish our freedom, here at home, but are to say tot he world, and much more importantly, to each other that is this the land of the free except for the Negroes?...The time has come for this nation to fulfill its promise"
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
This group struggled to bring equality to the Hispanic Americans
What is LULAC?
400
The bringing together of different races
What is integration?
500
This NAACP secretary was gunned down outside his home in 1963.
Who is Medgar Evers?
500
Militant political party which encouraged African Americans to lead their own communities, but often came into violent confrontation with police.
What are the Black Panthers?
500
Not long after giving a passionate speech after hearing of the assassination of Dr. King, this presidential candidate was also assassinated.
Who is Robert Kennedy?
500
While imprisoned in this city, MLK wrote a passionate letter to a group of white clergy.
What is Birmingham?
500
Tactic in which a senator prevents a vote on a measure by taking the floor and refusing to stop talking.
What is a filibuster?
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