Foundations of the Civil Rights Movement
This system enforced racial segregation in the South.
What is Jim Crow?
This woman’s refusal sparked the bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This leader promoted nonviolent resistance.
Who is MLK?
This group armed themselves and ran community programs like the Free Breakfast for Children Program, free health clinics, food banks, and liberation schools.
What are Black Panthers?
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy Ferguson?
These protests involved sitting at segregated lunch counters.
What are sit ins?
This leader supported “any means necessary.”
Who is Malcolm X?
These athletes raised fists at the 1968 Olympics.
Who were Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
This term describes segregation by law.
What is de jure?
This 14-year-old’s murder helped spark the movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This student group led many nonviolent protests.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
This idea promoted Black control of communities.
What is Black nationalism?
This movement emphasized pride and self-defense.
What is the Black Power Movement?
This term describes segregation in practice, not law.
What is de facto?
This amendment guaranteed equal protection under the law.
What is 14th Amendment?
This 1954 case ended school segregation.
What is Brown vs. Board?
This religion influenced Malcolm X early on.
What is the Nation of Islam?
This SNCC leader promoted Black Power.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
This campaign exposed police brutality in Alabama.
What is the Birmingham campaign?
These tactics were used to deny Black voting rights.
What are literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses?
These rides challenged segregation on buses.
What are the Freedom Rides?
These two philosophers/leaders inspired MLK's strategy of nonviolent resistance.
Who are Henry David Thoreau and Mahatma Ghandi?
This FBI program targeted Black activists.
What is COINTELPRO?
The iconic "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963 during this protest.
What is the March on Washington [for Jobs and Freedom]?