Civil Rights Organizations
Black revolutionary organization that used violence and weapons to fight for equal rights in the U.S.
What was the Black Panther Party?
African American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who was Rosa Parks?
Court case that ended segregation in public schools, a major win for the NAACP.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
9 African American students who went to a newly integrated public school in Arkansas.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
Going to an establishment (restaurant, diner, etc.) and taking a seat - refusing to move.
What were sit-ins?
Civil Rights organization that fought for equal rights and won court cases to end segregation.
What was the NAACP?
Civil Rights leader who preached about peaceful protests.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
A court case that upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine".
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
Law that was passed that prohibits discrimination against race, religion, etc. in public places.
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. led by Martin Luther King where he delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech.
What was the March on Washington?
Young, white Americans who fought for African American's civil rights by joining in on protests and riding the busses.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
Civil Rights leader who believed in violence to get voices heard and change to happen.
Who was Malcolm X?
U.S. protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without government restriction.
What was Roe v. Wade?
This act outlawed racial discrimination in voting
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
An act where people stopped using a service in order to eliminate barriers to transportation.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Inspired by Gandhi's protest strategies of nonviolence and civil disobedience.
What was CORE? (Congress of Racial Equality)
African American lawyer and eventually Supreme Court justice who fought in the civil rights movement.
A court case ruled that detained criminal suspects and there were police questioning and must be informed of their constitutional rights.
What was Miranda v. Arizona?
Voting in elections and making your voices heard
A famous speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington protest.
What was the "I have a dream speech"?
A student-led civil rights movement
What was the SNCC?
Chairman of the SNCC, participated in civil rights demonstrations like protests and sit-ins.
Who was John Lewis?
A court case ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious crimes who can not afford attorneys themselves.
What was Gideon v. Wainwright?
the right to vote, right to fair trial, right to education, right to public services, and the right to government services
What are the basics of civil rights?
What are hunger strikes?