Key People
This Leader refused to give up her seat on a bus
Rosa Parks
This boycott began after Rosa Parks’ arrest.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This law ended segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
Sitting peacefully at a restaurant to protest segregation.
What is a sit-in?
This leader believed in nonviolent protest and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This law protected voting rights for Black Americans.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Bringing different groups together.
What is integration?
Refusing to buy or use something to create change.
What is a boycott?
This group of students integrated a high school in Arkansas
The Little Rock nine?
Protesters rode buses to challenge segregation in the South.
What are the Freedom Rides?
These unfair rules made it hard for Black Americans to vote.
What are literacy tests and poll taxes?
Peaceful protest without violence.
What is nonviolent resistance?
Large public demonstrations for a cause.
What are protests or marches?
This young girl helped desegregate elementary schools in New Orleans.
Ruby Bridges
This march is where MLK gave his famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Laws that enforced segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Treating people unfairly because of race.
What is discrimination?
Groups like this helped organize legal challenges for equality.
What is the NAACP?
This activist organized sit-ins in Oklahoma City.
Who is Clara Luper?
This march helped lead to voting rights protections.
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
System after slavery where many Black Americans worked land for little pay.
What is sharecropping?
Using your voice and actions to demand change.
What is protest?
What is the main goal of these actions?
to gain equal rights and end discrimination?