Important Figures
The "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement"
Rosa Parks
Group formed to support Rosa Parks by organizing a bus boycott in Montgomery
Montgomery Improvement Association
Rosa Parks was arrested
The turning point of the Civil Rights movement where MLK gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Court case that established separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who was the inspiration for the methods used in the Greensboro Sit In?
Mohandas Gandhi
Group formed in 1957 to support local communities who were engaging/wanted to engage in peaceful protest
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
September 4, 1957: in Arkansas
Little Rock 9 incident
A voting rights march in Mississippi in 1966 that would serve as the catalyst for the rise of the Black Power Movement; student was going to walk 200+ miles to protest segregation, was beaten on his walk
March Against Fear
Bill that desegregated the schools and workplace and made it illegal to discriminate in any public sector based on race or skin color
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President of the US after WWII and into the beginning of the Civil Rights era
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Group of students who tried to enroll in Central High School in 1957
Little Rock 9
February 1, 1960: North Carolina
Greensboro Sit In
A man is shot over 15 times while giving a speech in New York about Civil Rights; never got to see the fruits of his labor, or his "chickens come home to roost"
Malcolm X is assassinated
Court case in 1960 that ruled that segregated interstate transportation facilities was unconstitutional; the Freedom Riders formed to test its enactment
Baynton v. Virginia
Civil Rights leader who advocated for the empowerment and advancement of black people by supporting self defense against racial violence and pursuing "black power"
Malcolm X
Group formed by college students to protest segregation in the South and support other Civil Rights efforts
Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)
The summer of what year was the summer of the Freedom Rides?
1961
5 days of turmoil and chaos in Los Angeles after a man was beaten and arrested by a police officer
Watts Riots
Bill that prohibited discrimination at the polls and allowed for the government to have oversight in the registration process in any area where less than half of the black population was registered to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President of the US who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson
Group that in 1961 organized the Freedom Rides to challenge the enforcement of the decision of the supreme court case Baynton v. Virginia
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
August 28, 1963: Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The SCLC organized for more than 1,000 students aged 7-18 to protest segregation in Birmingham; were beaten, hosed, and had dogs sicced on them
Children's Crusade
Bill that prohibited discrimination in the selling or leasing of a home to anyone based on their skin color or race
Fair Housing Act of 1968