Key People
He gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This event began after Rosa Parks was arrested.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Ended segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
MLK was president of this group.
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
This civil rights leader won a Nobel Peace Prize at age 35.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She refused to give up her bus seat in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This 1963 event featured MLK’s famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Protected voting rights and banned literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Youth-led group known for sit-ins and protests.
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)?
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first woman to refuse giving up her bus seat—this teenager did it first.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
He was a powerful speaker who supported Black empowerment and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
This protest happened on a bridge in Selma, Alabama.
What is Bloody Sunday?
Declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Fought legal battles against segregation.
What is the NAACP?
The March on Washington was planned in just over this many months.
What is two months?
He was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This city saw a school integration crisis in 1957.
What is Little Rock, Arkansas?
Supported segregation under "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Formed to protect Black neighborhoods and challenge police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
MLK improvised part of his famous speech because this singer encouraged him to “tell them about the dream.”
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
She was a major behind-the-scenes organizer who believed in group-centered leadership.
Who is Ella Baker?
A summer campaign to register Black voters in Mississippi in 1964.
What is Freedom Summer?
Ruled that students have free speech in school protests.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
Organized Freedom Rides and focused on nonviolent resistance.
What is CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)?
This movement’s anthem, “We Shall Overcome,” was based on a gospel song from the 1900s.
What is “I’ll Overcome Someday”?