A lawyer for the NAACP and the first African American member of the US Supreme Court
Who was Thurgood Marshall
100
Act prompted by the Bloody Sunday riots
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
100
Marches that took place from Selma to Montgomery were known also as
What was Bloody Sunday riots
100
Stated "A white mans war, a black mans fight."
Who is MLK
200
SCLC leader
Who was MLK
200
Act that banned discrimination in housing
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968
200
Went in federal court against the board of education, and helped take prejudice out of schools
Who was Linda Brown
200
Influences were Ghandi and Thoreau
Who was MLK
300
Leader of the Nation of Islam, Black Separatist and later changes philosophies for African Americans to bring about political changes
Who was Malcom X
300
Prohibited discrimination in public accommodations
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
300
Political Party that provided negro communities with many necessary amenities
Who were the Black Panthers
300
Segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms are examples of...
What is Jim Crow Laws
400
Believed in "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever."
Who was George Wallace
400
Amendment that regarded citizens right to vote
What is the 14th Amendment
400
NAACP
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
400
Civil Rights Act passed in 1965
What is Voting Rights Act
500
Takes over for President Kennedy and helps to bring about equal civil rights
Who was Lyndon Baines Johnson
500
Amendment Brown vs. Board of Education invoked
What is the 14th Amendment
500
Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with a "separate but equal" status for African Americans