Laws and Court Decisions
This 1954 court case declared segregation in schools to be unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
Southern Baptist minister who preached non-violence while organizing mass protests in defense of black rights
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Montgomery bus boycott occurred after the arrest of THIS woman in 1955.
Rosa Parks
Jackie Robinson
This 1896 Supreme Court case established the doctrine of 'separate but equal' accommodations.
Plessy v. Ferguson
SCLC
This civil rights leader preached more militant strategies, believed in black power, criticized Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent tactics, and changed his name to symbolize the loss of his family's original name due to slavery.
Malcolm X
THIS is the name of the restaurant chain in which young civil rights activists conducted their sit-ins to protest segregation in restaurants.
Woolworth's
After the 200,000-person protest March on Washington, MLK Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of THIS Washington D.C. location.
Lincoln Memorial
This legislation ended segregation in all public accommodations.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The most militant civil rights group of the 1960's, THIS organization emphasized ideals of black power, armed its members to patrol and protect black neighborhoods, and even engaged in deadly shootouts with police
The Black Panthers
in 1957, THIS president ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas in order to protect the Little Rock Nine who were attempting to attend the all-white Central High School.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Selma, Alabama
THIS is the term for unofficial segregation by which the races are separated through customs and practices, not by law.
de facto segregation
This legislation enforced the 15th Amendment to the Constitution in order to protect black Americans' access to voting.
This group of young students organized sit-ins, protests on college campuses, and eventually abandoned its policy of non-violence in favor of black power and more militant strategies
SNCC
THIS Alabama governor stood in the doorway of the University of Alabama, refusing to allow two black students from attending, finally stepped aside after being ordered by President Kennedy.
Governor George Wallace
Birmingham
THIS Chief Justice of the Supreme Court led his court to ruling on several cases that expanded the protections of civil rights for Americans, such as Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona
Earl Warren
In the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the specific board of education was located in this CITY and STATE
Topeka, Kansas
THIS organization was responsible for assassinating Malcolm X after breaking from their organization in 1965.
Nation of Islam / Black Muslims
The SNCC altered its non-violent tactics after THIS man took over as leader in 1966, bringing with him ideals of black power
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in THIS city in Tennessee in 1968.
Memphis
The 24th Amendment banned THIS voting practice
Poll Taxes