Civil Rights Leaders
This athlete was the first to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball and spoke out against segregation.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This organization used court cases and legal challenges to help end segregation.
What is the NAACP?
This year-long boycott pressured cities to desegregate public buses.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This woman was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat and sparked a legal challenge that helped end bus segregation.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This 14-year-old boy was lynched for being accused of offending a white women.
Who is Emmett Till?
This leader was a famous activist who organized the March On Washington and pushed nonviolent resistance to win major civil rights legislation.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This civil rights group was founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and coordinated non-violent protests across the South.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
These bus protests forced the government to enforce desegregation in buses and other transportation.
What are the Freedom Rides?
This Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning "separate but equal."
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This ideology emphasized racial pride and economic independence.
What is Black Nationalism?
This Civil Rights leader promoted black self defense, black pride, and global human rights.
Who is Malcolm X?
This group coordinated interracial bus rides into the South to push for enforcement of desegregation laws.
What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
These protests targeted segregated businesses and led to desegregation of many lunch counters.
What are Sit-Ins?
This order ended segregation in the U.S. armed forces.
What is Executive Order 9981?
This movement shifted focus from integration to empowerment and influenced groups like the Black Panther Party.
What is Black Power?
This man was the first black student to attend school at the University of Missisippi.
Who is James Meredith?
This student-led group fought segregation and helped to secure voting rights for blacks.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
This march was led by MLK and helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What is the Selma March?
Eisenhower sent federal troops to this high school to enforce integration.
What is Little Rock Central High School?
This union used strikes and boycotts to pressure growers into improving labor conditions.
What is the United Farm Workers?
He is the greatest historical figure of all time.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This group fought for civil rights protections for Japanese Americans after internment.
What is the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)?
This massive march put pressure on the government to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is the March on Washington?
She is the greatest teacher of all time.
This movement used protests, occupations, and legal action to demand Native American rights.
What is the American Indian Movement?