Who
She refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, which started a major boycott
Rosa Parks
When Black students sat at "whites-only" lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served.
Sit-in (or the Sit-in Movement
The location where Dr. King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to give his most famous speech.
Washington, D.C.?
The decade when the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Little Rock Nine integration, and the Brown v. Board decision all happened.
The 1950s
The reason why the Freedom Riders rode buses into the Deep South.
To protest segregation at bus stations (and test federal laws).
This famous leader gave the "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
To protest unfair bus laws, Black citizens in Alabama refused to ride the city buses for 381 days.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The city where Rosa Parks was arrested, launching a massive 11-month bus boycott
Montgomery, Alabama
The year the Brown v. Board of Education decision declared school segregation unconstitutional.
1954?
The reason why the Supreme Court ruled against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education.
Because "separate but equal" schools were not equal (or segregated schools hurt Black children)
This group of African American students needed protection from the U.S. Army to enter an all-white high school.
Little Rock Nine
More than 250,000 people gathered in the nation's capital to demand jobs and freedom for African Americans.
March on Washington
Four college students started the Sit-in Movement at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in this North Carolina city.
Greensboro, North Carolina
The decade when the Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and the March on Washington took place.
The 60's
The reason why organizers chose to use children in the 1963 Birmingham marches.
Because adults would lose their jobs if they were arrested, but children could march instead.
These Black and white activists rode interstate buses together to protest illegal segregation at bus stations
Freedom Riders
The Supreme Court decided that "separate but equal" schools for Black and white children were illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
Central High School was integrated by nine brave students in this capital city of Arkansas.
Little Rock, Arkansas
The year that 250,000 people marched on Washington and heard the "I Have a Dream" speech.
1963
The reason why students used "sit-ins" at lunch counters instead of just yelling or fighting.
To stop the store's business non-violently until the store changed its rules.
Thousands of school students marched in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest segregation, and many were arrested
Children's Crusade
This was the non-violent strategy used by activists to break segregation laws without fighting back.
Civil Disobedience
The Southern city where the police chief used dogs and fire hoses against children marching for their rights.
Birmingham, Alabama
The year the Freedom Riders traveled through the South to test if bus stations were following federal integration laws.
1961
The reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott successfully forced the city to change its laws.
Because the bus company lost too much money when Black citizens stopped riding.