Jim Crow
What is the term for separating the races?
Segregation
What did the Central High School authorities do to Minnijean Brown?
Suspended and then expelled her
Who refused to give up their seat to a white passenger which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
What is the name of the famous speech MLK Jr gave at the March on Washington?
“I Have a Dream”
What was the name of the African American boy who was kidnapped, tortured, and brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman?
Emmett Till
What Supreme Court case set the precedent of “separate but equal”?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
What is the name of the Supreme Court Case that allowed for the integration of schools?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What is the name of the type of protest in which African Americans boarded buses and refused to sit in the colored section?
Freedom rides
When necessary to achieve justice, which method did MLK Jr. urge his followers to employ?
Civil Disobedience
What is the name of the form of protest where protesters enter a business and remain seated until their grievances are addressed/they are forcefully evicted?
Sit In
What was the Jim Crow law that made African Americans take a purposefully confusing test in order to block their ability to vote?
Literacy Tests
What was the name of the 9 African American students in Arkansas that had to be escorted into school by federal troops?
The Little Rock Nine
Which famous Civil Rights leader/pastor first came to prominence by leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Jr. was the first president of this civil rights organization.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What was the name of the Supreme Court chief justice who delivered the unanimous opinion in Brown vs. Board of Education?
Earl Warren
What was the Jim Crow law that made African Americans pay a fee in order to be able to vote?
Poll tax
Which amendment did the Board of Education violate in Linda Brown’s case?
14th Amendment: Equal Protection Under the Law
Rufus Lewis, director of the car pool, gave African Americans 3 methods in addition to the carpool for transporting the black population. What was 1?
Hitch Hiking
Transportation of servants by white housewives
Walking
What city/state was MLK Jr. assassinated?
Memphis, Tennessee
What did the Central High School authorities say was the reason they suspended Minnijean Brown?
Minnijean Brown called Frankie Gregg “white trash”
African Americans fled the rural south to urban cities in the north in what was called the what?
The Great Migration
What was the name of the Arkansas Governor who was insubordinate to Eisenhower in regards to school integration?
Faubus
What was the name of the group, headed by JoAnn Robinson, that petitioned the Montgomery City Council to eliminate unfair bussing discrimination?
Women’s Political Council
Which Indian political activist did MLK Jr. study due to his practice of nonviolent civil disobedience?
Ghandi
What was Executive Order 9981?
Integrated the Armed Forces