A brave black woman who refused to give up her seat for a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
First black judge to rule in favor of African Americans in Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Lead the March on Washington and was a strong leader in the fight for African American equality.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
100
Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which was mainly a voting bill but was used as a tool to show their support of the court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Congress?
100
The refusal to comply with unconstitutional and unjust laws.
What is Civil Disobedience?
200
The policy that gave woman a stronger role in athletics.
What is Title IX?
200
The first black students to attend a white school, escorted by the 101st airborne division.
Who are Little Rock Nine?
200
First African American Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
Fought against police brutality in black neighborhoods.
Who are the Black Panthers?
200
The action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination.
What is Affirmative Action?
300
This debate allowed the parents, especially mother, to make the decision on abortion.
What is Pro Life/Choice Debate?
300
Proved unconstitutional by the court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
The most violent but influential activist in the fight for Civil Rights.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
A pro African American organization that aided in MLK Jr.'s fight for integration.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
300
The movement to support rights and political power for African Americans. (60's-70's)
What is Black Power?
400
The time period from 1848-1920 that focused on giving women the equal social, economical, and political roles as men.
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
400
The president to push for the Army to escort the Little Rock Nine to school.
Who is Dwight E. Eisenhower?
400
A white judge who fought to end segregation in the South.
Who is Judge Frank Johnson?
400
Helped African Americans register to vote. Also, built Freedom houses, schools, and Community Centers.
What is Freedom Summer?
400
To blend or bring together cultures or races. Opposite of Segregation.
What is Integration?
500
A proposed amendment designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
500
The school that the Little Rock Nine attended.
What is Little Rock Central high school?
500
They began Lynching blacks with the Jim Crow Laws as their alibi.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
500
Helped fight the non enforced integration of bus rides from court decisions in Irene v. Commonwealth of Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia.