Civil Rights People
This person was an author, educator, and political leader who played a major role in southern race relations in the early part of the twentieth century.
Who is Booker T. Washington? (Booker Taliaferro Washington)
The separation of the races
What is Segregation?
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-ins
Court case that declared that one must be told their rights when they are arrested.
What is Miranda vs Arizona?
This group consisted of civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960) which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
To end the segregation of and bring into common and equal membership in society.
What is Integration?
Rosa Parks' arrest led to a 1 year boycott called this.
What is the Montgomery bus boycott?
This "separate but equal" case lasted 60 years before it was overturned by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren in 1954.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Her family sued after she was not allowed to attend the all-white school in her neighborhood.
Who is Linda Brown?
People who worked towards social change were called this.
Who are Activists?
250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to ask Congress to make a law that would give African Americans equal rights and quality education.
The March on Washington
This act was passed in 1964 to end all segregation.
What is the This Civil Rights Act?
Lawyer who argued that having separate schools violated the 14th Amendment.
Thurgood Marshall
A process to end segregation in public areas based on race.
What is Desegregation?
This Amendment made slavery illegal in the USA.
What is the 13th Amendment?
In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
This group formed in 1909 to protect the rights of African Americans.
What is the NAACP? (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is LBJ? (Lyndon B. Johnson)
Supreme Court Case that made interracial marriages legal
What is Loving v Virginia?