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Baptist minister who believed in nonviolent protests.
Who is MLK Jr.
100
African-American radical born in Omaha, and became a member of the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X
100
Organization of militant African -Americans in the 1966
Who are the Black Panthers
100
Form of protest where participants sit and refuse to move.
What is a Sit-in
100
This Act banned segregation in public accommodations.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
Would not give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Rosa Parks
200
First African-American student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi.
Who is James Meredith
200
Senators give long speeches to hold up legislative business.
What is a filibuster
200
1963 demonstration in which more than 200,000 people rallied for equality in Washington D.C.
What is The March on Washington
200
Law that banned literacy tests for voter registration.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
300
First African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
Delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Who is MLK Jr.
300
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961.
Who are Freedom Riders
300
African American religious organization advocated the separation of black and white Americans.
What is the Nation of Islam
300
This Amendment banned poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment.
400
His Autobiography inspired black power parties such as the Black Panthers.
Who is Malcolm X
400
First African American to play baseball in the major leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson
400
1964 effort to register African American Voters in Mississippi.
What is Freedom Summer
400
Group appointed by President Johnson to determine the causes of the race riots in American cities in the 1960s
What is the Kerner Commission
400
Segregation imposed by law.
What is de jure segregation
500
Supreme court justice, best known for the decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation.
Who is Earl Warren
500
Civil Rights activist who helped desegregate the University of Mississippi.
Who is Medgar Evers
500
A U.S. civil-rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for blacks through local and regional action groups
What is Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
500
Segregation by unwritten custom of tradition.
What is de facto segregation
500
This Amendment granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment
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