Termonology
to reject or avoid products or services of a business or group to show disapproval or to force change
Boycott
Famous Civil Rights leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize and delivered famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
An early civil rights protest originally planned by the NAACP and led by Rosa Parks (though she wasn't meant to)
What was the name of the 6-year-old girl chosen to challenge the "separate but equal law" by making the case that segregation causes psychological damage to children
Linda Brown
What is the name of the African American athlete who was the first to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
What was the name of the smart sheriff who was regarded as the reason the Albany Movement failed?
Laurie Pritchett
Name of the cult-like group Malcolm X was a significant leader of for a number of years, members of which later killed him.
Nation of Islam
Secretary of the NAACP who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.
Rosa Parks
The movement with caused the city in which it took place to earn the nickname "Bombingham"
Birmingham Movement
The disappearances of 3 individuals investigating the burning of a church during Freedom Summer that the FBI later revealed were murders conducted by the KKK became the incident known as what?
Mississippi Burning
The name of the Supreme Court Case that overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine, ending segregation in schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education
violent uprising triggered by the KKK bombing MLK Jr's hotel and violent protests took place in Alabama.
Birmingham Riots
discrimination not supported by law but continued in practice
de facto discrimination
14-old-boy from Chicago killed for speaking to/whistling at a white woman while visiting family in Money, Mississippi.
Emmett Till
What were the 2 locations of the first sit-in protests in the U.S.
Nashville, Tennessee and Greensboro, North Carolina
The name of the leader of the Nation of Islam whom Malcolm X was introduced to during his time in prison who turned out to be a con artist
Elijah Muhammad
Name for the group of students chosen to integrate Central High School in Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
What was the name of the NAACP officer murdered in from of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by the KKK
Medgar Evers
The name of the civil rights organization founded by MLK Jr., made up largely of religious leaders and considered less radical than other civil rights groups.
Name of the Governor of Alabama who was the face of segregation throughout the South making the state a perfect target for the civil rights movement
George C. Wallace
What was the name of the civil rights movement that was considered a failure? Why did it fail?
Albany Movement
Failed because of a smart sheriff
What were the 3 important concepts described in MLK Jr.'s Letter From A Birmingham Jail?
1. The purpose of protest in to create tension to force unwilling oppressors to negotiate
2. Justice Delayed = Justice Denied
3. There are 2 types of laws; just (must be obeyed) and unjust (must be fought against)
Name of the brilliant young Black lawyer who served as the NAACP's chief legal counsel
Thurgood Marshall
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
& What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Legally ended discrimination (end Jim Crow in public facilities)
Ended unfair voting/election practices and granted federal government permission to oversee elections
The term for stopping legislation in the US Senate by making exceptionally long speeches.
Filibuster
The leader of SNCC who changed the group's motto from "Freedom Now" to "Black Power" and pushed the group towards a more militant position in the late 1960s
Stokely Carmichael
What was the name of the leader of the 1st March of the Selma Movement on the day that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday"
John Lewis
What are the 3 beliefs of the Black Panther Party that make up their philosophy?
1. Black Nationalism (Pride)
2. Militancy (Aggressive Action)
3. Communism (Radical Equality)
Who was the civil rights leader who visited India to study Gandhi's teaching and later conducted SCLC workshops on non-violent protest methods?
James Lawson
What is the difference between the Freedom Rides and Freedom Summer
The Freedom Rides aimed to end segregation on interstate buses through direct action, while the Freedom Summer focused on voter registration and challenging voter disenfranchisement in the South.