Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-ins
Sets of mainly southern laws that legalized racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
hating someone because of their skin color
racism
?African American Males have the right to vote
15th Amendment
Bringing all the races back together
Integration
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson
Hint: Three words
"Separate but equal"
using peaceful means to bring about change
nonviolence
If you were born in the U.S. you have equal rights.
What amendment am I?
14th Amendment
People who worked towards social change were called
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
ADOPTED MORE MILITANT VIEWS
DENOUNCED THE NONVIOLENCE OF MLK
ENCOURAGED RACIAL SEPARATISM
Malcolm X
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
Lawyer who argued that having separate schools violated the 14th Amendment.
Thurgood Marshall
Court case that declared that one must be told their rights when they are arrested.
Miranda vs Arizona
Alabama Governor who protested blacks registering for school
George Wallace
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
not in agreement with the US Constitution
unconstitutional
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.
True or False: After the legal segregation of schools ended, it became easy for African-American students to attend all-white schools.
False
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR?
1964
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of blacks voting