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100
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
What is Martin Luther King
100

Whose arrest and death sparked the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests?

Who is George Floyd?

100
Jim Crow laws were put into place to?
What is keep African Americans from getting their full equality
100
What does segregation mean?
What is each race is kept separate from each other
100

African Americans wanted segregation to end, so they started non-violent, peaceful protests which was the start of what?

What is the Civil Rights Movement
200

What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and began the Montgomery bus boycott?

Who is Rosa Parks. 

200

What was important about Martin Luther's "I have a Dream Speech"?

It was a call for a movement of equality and freedom. 

200

In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?

What is separate but equal was constitutional

200
What does desegregation mean?
What is the races are not kept separated from each other
200

What is the 13th Amendment?

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

300

Who was the NAACP Defense Lawyer - famous for his part in Brown vs. Board and Davis vs. County School Board of Prince Edward County (Virginia case under Brown)?

Who is Oliver Hill

300

What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start?

1955

300
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
What is the segregation of American public schools was illegal
300

What is de facto segregation?

Societally enforced Segregation?

300

What is the 14th Amendment?

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

400

What NAACP Defense Lawyer argued Topeka School Board was violating Linda Brown’s Rights and was later appointed to the Supreme Court as the first African American Justice?

Who is Thurgood Marshall

400

When was the NAACP created? 

1908

400
The main goal of the civil rights movement was to?
What is end segregation based on race
400

What did the NAACP do?

Created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights.

400

What is the 15th Amendment 

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

500

Who was Linda Brown's father that tried to enroll her into the white school - unsuccessful and went to NAACP for help?

Who is Oliver Brown.

500
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
What is Civil Rights act of 1964
500

What were Slave Codes? 

laws each US colony passed which defined the status of enslaved people and the rights of enslavers. These codes were meant to give slave-owners absolute power over the African slaves.

500

What were the 3 Demands of the bus boycotters? 

  1. Blacks could be employed as bus drivers

  2. Drivers had to be polite to ALL customers

  3. Bus seats would be filled on “first come, first served” basis 

500

What United States president urged congress for a change to civil rights? 

Who is John F. Kennedy

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