Civil Rights Individuals
One of the most well-known Civil Rights leaders. Also known for leading the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
In response to a black woman being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on public transportation. It lasted 381 days.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This court case outlawed segregation in public schools
Brown v. Board of Education
What does the NAACP stand for?
Who founded this organization?
Is it still around today?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
W.E.B. DuBois
Yes it is still around today
This individual believed in the black separatists movement and was a member of the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X
What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?
To register African American voters in Mississippi with help from student volunteers from Northern colleges
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
A) Housing
B) Churches
C) Private universities
D) Public accommodations
D) Public accommodations
(busing, bathrooms, libraries, parks, etc.)
What does SCLC stand for? Who created this group?
What does SNCC stand for? Who created this group?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded by Martin Luther King Jr.
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee founded by Ella Baker
Lawyer for the NAACP who won many critical victories for the Civil Rights movement, including winning Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
What was the significance of the Selma to Montgomery march/marches?
This march was meant to be a peaceful march to oppose voting rights/restrictions of African Americans in the south. Unfortunately it took 3 tries for the successful completion of the march. After Bloody Sunday, where marchers were brutally assaulted by angry mobs and police, the marchers were escorted by national guardsmen.
Under this act federal officials were able to register voters
(name of the act NOT the movement)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which group was responsible for coordinating the Freedom rides?
Which group was responsible for coordinating sit-ins
SNCC
CORE
Who were the founding members of the Black Panthers?
Bobby Seale
Huey Newton
Give me at least 3 similarities between the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Selma to Montgomery march, and March to Birmingham (Children's Crusade)
1. All led by Martin Luther King Jr.
2. All movements led to immediate/semi-immediate passage of civil rights laws
3. All took place in Alabama
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?
Selling or renting a home
What Civil Rights group became more militant in approach?
What were they known for/accomplishments?
The Black Panthers
Patrolling black communities and protecting against police brutality. Offering community service programs (health clinics, childcare, food programs, etc.)
The voice of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party responsible for giving the televised speech about voting problems in the South
Fannie Lou Hamer
What was the first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)
Laws enacted to limit the freedoms of African-Americans during Reconstruction were known as...
Give an example
Black codes which evolved into Jim Crow laws
Example(s): if unemployed or loitering in "groups" you will be deemed a vagrant. Fined and/or arrested
No intermarriage between races
Every black person is required to be in employment of a white person