Events
250,000 People come together to march for jobs and freedom. White, Black, and Celebrities together.
March on Washington
The President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
LBJ- Lyndon Baines Johnson
Spanish word for strike
Huelga
Started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She refused to give up her seat
Rosa Parks
Supreme Court case that reversed segregation by race.
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Was killed for crime he didn't commit. Omaha Riots 1919.
Will Brown
Movement promoting African American self -defense.
Black Power
Leader of the Chicano Movement in California
Cesar Chavez
Who was the racist governor of Arkansas who wouldn't allow African American students to integrate schools?
Orval Faubus
This event is seen as the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. You go Rosa!!!!
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Was the first African American to enroll in the University of Ole Miss?
James Meredith
________ ________ was when racial tension spread across the United States in 1919 that led to riots and many deaths.
Was a prominent leader of the Nation of Islam, but would later shift his viewpoint toward a more civil-disobedience.
Malcolm X
Who broke the back of Birmingham and beat the racist people of the city?
The Children!!!! The Secret Weapon!!!! Boom!!!
Central High School in Arkansas was the epicenter for this Civil Rights Event.
Little Rock Nine
Who was the racist leader of the city of Birmingham?
Bull Connor
The name of laws created to separate people by the color of their skin.
Jim Crow
Leader of the Civil Rights movement until his death in April 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who established the Nation of Islam?
Elijah Muhammad
People who tested desegregation laws in the South by riding buses.
Freedom Riders
Who was the senator who helped with the Chicano Movement, up until his assassination in 1968?
Robert Kennedy
Provide one non-violent tactic to achieve Civil Rights.
Civil Disobedience, Sit-Ins, Boycotts, Marches.
Started the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but died before it was signed.
JFK
What injustices did the Chicano face in California?
Low pay, long hours, no bathroom, or breaks, pesticides sprayed on them.