Jim Crow Laws
In what year did it become illegal in Virginia for black and white children to attend the same school?
What is 1870
Which U.S. President institutionalized segregation in the federal civil service?
Who is Woodrow Wilson
Who is known as the ¨Mother of the Freedom Movement¨ for initiating the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who is Rosa Parks
On August 8th of 1925 which white supremacy group marched down Pennsylvania Ave in Washington D.C.?
Who is the Ku Klux Klan
This 1896 court decision upheld segregation laws, creating a ¨separate but equal¨ doctrine
What is Plessy V. Ferguson
Which state passed a law that imprisoned any white woman that birthed a mixed-raced child for up to 5 years?
What is Maryland
The Supreme Court ruled that which amendment prohibited states, but not citizens, from discriminating.
What is the 14th Amendment
Who was a Minister and activist who championed Black empowerment and self-defense?
Who is Malcolm X
The Tuskegee Institute reported that ____ was the first year with no reported lynchings.
What is 1952
This 1954 landmark case overturned the Plessy decision, stating that separate schools weren't actually equal
What is Brown V. Board of Education
Which state passed the law that barred colored people from playing cards, dominoes, checkers, pool, and sports?
What is Alabama
What kind of states adopted new constitutions and voting laws to disenfranchise Black voters?
What are Southern States
Who advocated for immediate political equality and civil rights, the co-founder of the NAACP?
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
Which movie helped to encourage the resurgence of the KKK in 1915?
What is The Birth of A Nation
(inspired by Thomas Dixon's, The Clansman)
Who was the first African American to become a Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Which state voted to close any school that enrolled both black and white students?
What is Virginia
Every Southern state had segregation and Jim Crow laws against who?
Who are Black Americans
Which Journalist led a led a national anti-lynching campaign?
who is Ida B. Wells Barnett
At least 40 Black Americans were attacked and killed in the 1917 riot in ______, Illinois
What is East St. Louis
in 1890 Louisiana passed what law that created separate but equal train cars?
What is the Separate Car Law
Which state's laws required all state buses to have a designated whites-only seating?
What is Arkansas
Many white people resented black demands for equality. Racial attacks occurred all over including Houston, Little Rock, and Harlem. What is this period is called?
What is the Red Summer?
Who established the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)?
Who is Marcus Garvey
Over 10,000 Black people participated in a silent march against racial oppression down Fifth Avenue in what city?
What is New York City
What kind of laws were created to further discriminate, segregate, and radicalize African Americans?
What are Jim Crow Laws?