People
This baseball played worked to earn the respect of his teammates and fans
Jackie Robinson
A place between Urban and Rural
Sub-Urban
Babies, babies everywhere. Like an explosion of babies
Baby boom
Dividing people based on race, ethnicity or gender
A new term for a new demographic of people between the ages of 13-19. Like you
Teenagers
This Rock n' Roll musician was All Shook Up
Elvis
These homes were mass produced to make them more affordable and quicker to build
Levittowns
This movement in Southern states was a push back against desegregation
Mass Resistance
A rebellious style of music that became popular in the 1950s
Rock n Roll
This canned meat treat became popular in the 1950s (and in some places still is)
SPAM
This boy was brutally killed when visiting family in the South and recently those found innocent have admitted guilt
Emmett Till
This small town was divided over segregation when 9 Black students tried to integrate into the local high school
Little Rock
This SCOTUS case declared that Separate was NOT equal in public schools
Brown v Board of Education
This was created to help returning soldiers buy homes an go to school
Serviceman's Readjustment Act or GI Bill
These were unfair, but legal, loophole laws that enforced segregation
Jim Crow Laws
This student is often overshadowed by Rosa Parks simply because she was a teenager.
Claudette Colvin
This city underwent a major bus boycott until fair treatment was provided for all passengers
Montgomery
This SCOTUS case said that Separate but Equal was Constituional
Plessy v Ferguson
This group's job was to "find and assign" students to schools.
Pupil Placement Board
This was the first major computer company started in 1951
IBM
This Alabama Governor tried to block schools from being integrated until the Army stepped in.
Gov. Faubus
This was Truman's campaign from town to town where he would meet people and give speeches
Whistle Stop Tour
Barbara Johns led a walkout at this school
R.R. Moton School
This idea similar to the American Dream was the idea that All Americans should behave a certain way (IE not be communist)
The American Way
Non-violent resistance that is still breaking the law
Civil Disobedience