Activists/Vocab
This word means not using a service all together
boycotting
What year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
1955
This 3rd grader walked 1 mile to attend school, and she passed an all-white school on her way
Linda Brown
What year did the Supreme Court rule that schools could no longer be segregated?
1954
The laws that protect people as citizens are called this
Civil Rights
MLK believed in what kind of protest
Non-violent
Who's actions started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who was one of the first children to desegregate? She was a 1st grader at the time.
Ruby Bridges
What year did Ruby Bridges become the first African American to integrate in a southern school?
1954
Equality means
the fair, trust, and impartial treatment of all people
Civil Disobedience
when people peacefully refuse to follow a law they believe is unfair or wrong, and they accept the punishment for it
what was the non-violent protest that costed the bus company a lot of money
Montgomery Bus Boycott
refusal to give up her seat on the bus.
Rosa Parks
14th
These laws were rules in the South that separated African Americans from everyone else
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation means
the separation of a race, class, or group
How long did the Boycott Last?
Over a year
This activist said these words in a speech, "I HAVE A DREAM..."
MLK
Brown v. Board of Education caused what to be illegal?
Segregation
Those who would sit in the 'white' section of an establishment and stay there until they were served were doing this example of protests
Sit-Ins
Activist
someone who works to make a change in the world because they care about an issue
He was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association
MLK
The president who ordered US troops to escort student into Little Rock Central High School
Dwight D Eisenhower
Who argued that segregation violated the 14th amendment in BvBOE
Thurgood Marshall
Which is not a form of protest used by civil rights activist?
Bus boycotts
Marches
Riots
sit-ins
Riots