civil rights leaders
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus starting boycotts in birmingham
Rosa parks
Who was the first African American president
The 1863 proclamation that declared all slaves in Confederate states free
Emancipation Proclamation
what where the laws that started segregation
Jim Crow
What genre of music originated in African America communities in the early 1900’s.
Jazz
Who Lead the southern Christian leaders conference.
Martin Luther king Jr
Who was the first african American Supreme Court justice
Thurgood marshall
What court case in 1954 allowed african American kids to go to all white schools
Brown v. Board of Education
what is the movement for equal rights for black Americans call
civil rights movement
What genre became popular in the 1950’s and 60’s in African America culture.
Rhythm and blues
What ended racial segregation in public schools
Brown V Bored of education.
She was the first African American to go to a white school
ruby bridges
Martin luther king Jr
What side of the civil war was pro slavery
the south
What music genre was created in the Bronx during the 1970’s
Hip-hop
Who was the civil rights leader know as Detroit red
Malcom x
She was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Shirley Chisholm
In what year was the 14th amendment passed
1868
What line separated the slavey and non slavey states
The Mason-Dixon Line
What music style is connected to the Harlem renaissance
Jazz
Who was the civil rights leader that doesn’t get credit because he was openly gay
bayard rustin
Who was the first African American to not give up their seat on the bus
Claudette Colvin
What civil rights event accrued in 1955 in Montgomery
Montgomery Bus Boycott
In what case did the us supreme court decided “separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson
What African American pop artist became popular in the mid 1980’s
Michael Jackson