Civil Rights vocab
Civil Rights People
Civil Rights Events
100
The rights of all citizens to received equal treatment under the law.
What is civil rights
100
The women who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
When no one rode the buses to protest segregation in public transit.
What is a boycott
200
Prejudice, or discriminatory behavior toward a person or group of people.
What is a racism
200
One the first persons to integrate an all white elementary school
Who is Ruby Bridges
200
The massive rally to support the civil rights bill where Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington
300
Unfair treatment of a person or group based on race or gender.
What is discrimination
300
The first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi under federal protection
Who is James Meredith
300
The Greensboro Four staged what kind of a protest.
What is a sit-in.
400
State laws or traditions that enforce segregation in public places.
What are Jim Crow Laws
400
The man to lead the March on Washington
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
Activists rode interstate buses across state lines to challenge local segregation laws and the buses were burned.
What is the Freedom Riders
500
Non-violent refusal to obey certain laws in order to challenge their fairness.
What is civil disobedience
500
The first African American Supreme Court Justice who helped win Brown v. Board of Education that ruled segregation in schools unconstitutional.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
500
A major drive to register African American voters in Mississippi, many were college students from the north. Three of these students died that summer.
What is the Freedom Summer
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