Civil Rights
True or False
Life improved greatly for African Americans soon after the Civil War.
False
Daily Double!!!
Who was the first person to give up their seat on the bus?
Claudette Colvin
Malcolm X was always in favor of protesting with violence if necessary.
True or False
False
Who escorted Ruby Bridges to school everyday to protect her from protestors?
U.S. Marshals
James F. Blake had a reputation as a bigot. Which best describes a bigot?
A person who dislikes members of a certain group
What did Plessy V Ferguson rule?
Facilities can we separate as long as they are equal
What did Brown V Board of Education rule?
School cannot be separate and equal. All schools are now integrated.
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What was the type of protest called where black and white people rode buses to protest segregation in the south?
Freedom Rides
Where did the Children’s Crusades take place?
Alabama
What was Jackie Robinson famous for?
First African American to play in the Major League Baseball
Who was the lawyer for Brown in the Brown V BOE suit?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was Bull O’Connor?
Commissioner of public safety in Birmingham
What city was known as the most segregated city in the south?
Birmingham, Alabama
Which president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the lawyer for Brown in the Brown V BOE suit?
Thurgood Marshall
What president issued an executive order to desegregate the military?
Harry Truman
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
381 days
What case ruled that bus segregation was illegal?
Broder vs Gayle
What are the group of kids who went to a newly integrated high school in Arkansas called?
Little Rock 9
Which of the following made Jim Crow laws illegal?
What Church became the meeting grounds for civil rights leaders and was bombed with children still inside? How many children were killed?
16th Street Baptist Church
4
What speech was given at the March on Washington protest? Who gave the speech?
I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Order from earliest to latest with 1 being earliest to 5 being latest:
Plessy V Ferguson
Brown V Board of Education
Black Codes
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Black Codes
Plessy V Ferguson
Brown V BOE
Montgomery Bus Boycot
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality