People
Civil Rights Groups
Cities
Major events
Civil Rights Leaders
100
NAACP lawyer who defended Brown.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Martin Luther King, Jr. led this group who was popular with older, church-going people.
What is SCLC?
100
City where the bus boycott took place, led by Jo Ann Robinson.
What is Montgomery?
100
CORE and SNCC helped organize this event that tested the Supreme Court's ruling to end segregation in interstate buses.
What are the Freedom Rides?
100
Influential leader of SNCC who called for black nationalism. Also worked as a minister of the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
Governor of Arkansas who wanted to prevent the Little Rock 9 from entering the all-white Central H. S.
Who is Orval Faubus?
200
made up of mostly lawyers and fought against segregation laws through lawsuits.
What is the NAACP?
200
City where Elizabeth Eckford had to enter Central H. S. on her own.
What is Little Rock?
200
This all-white university gained national attention when a WWII veteran began to attend classes after winning a case in the Supreme Court.
What is Ole Miss?
200
Founder of the NAACP.
Who is WEB Du Bois?
300
NAACP secretary who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Jo Ann Robinson.
300
Organized by Ella Baker and brought many young people into the movement. Also practiced nonviolent protests.
What is SNCC?
300
City where MLK Jr. and Rev. Shuttlesworth began peaceful marches. MLK called it the most segregated city in America.
What is Birmingham?
300
Ended literacy tests and prevented local officials from blocking voter registration to African Americans.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
300
Militant leader of SNCC who called for black power and wanted to make SNCC exclusively black.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
400
WWII veteran who wanted to attend "Ole Miss."
Who is James Meredith?
400
Worked to find employment opportunities for African Americans and helped them move to major cities.
What is the National Urban League?
400
King organized protest marches to call attention to equal voting rights that began in this city and stretched for 50 miles to Montgomery.
What is Selma?
400
This case declared that "separate but equal" is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
400
Founder of the SNCC.
Who is Ella Baker?
500
Governor of Mississippi who rejected James Meredith's application to "Ole Miss."
Who is Ross Barnett?
500
Led by James Farmer, this group organized the Freedom Rides and was made up of both white Americans and African Americans.
What is CORE?
500
A. Philip Randolph directed this march that called for jobs and freedom. MLK Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech here.
What is Washington DC?
500
This legislation banned discrimination in public places and banned discrimination based on race, gender, and religion by employers.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
Voice of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Gave an emotional speech at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
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