Key Leaders
Civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream speech" and made a massive impact on the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Junior
Supreme court case that ended segregation
Brown v. Board of Education
Boycott that followed Rosa Park's arrest
Montgomery Bus Boycott
State where the little rock nine integrated into a white school
Arkansas
Civil rights org. that fought segregation in courts
NAACP
Woman whose arrest sparked the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Young activists, mainly college students who would protest at whites only lunch counters by sitting there and not getting up were called...
Sit ins
Where were the MOVE bombings?
Philadelphia, Osage Ave
Civil rights group that promoted armed self defense and community programs like giving clothes and food to those in need
Black panther party
Civil Rights leader who supported black nationalism and self defense. He had a very opposite approach compared to MLK
Malcom X
Law that protected african american voting rights
voting rights act of 1965
What is the event called where MLK gave his "I have a dream" speech?
March on Washington
The state where Emmet Till was lynched
Mississippi
Famous boxer who was also a civil rights leader
Muhammad Ali
Governor of Alabama who claimed he would support segregation forever
George Wallace
Document signed by Southern politicians opposing desegregation
Southern Manifesto
Bombings and violence committed by local government on a neighborhood where a black activist group lived
MOVE bombings
Where was MLK assassinated (city, state)
Memphis, TN
Woman who Emmet Till ran into in Mississippi that lead to his death
Carolyn Bryant Donham
President who signed Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson
Laws that enforced segregation in the south prior to the civil rights act of 1964
jim crow laws
Event where a civil rights protest in Selma Alabama turned into a brutal fight between the protestors, police, and other 3rd party people
Bloody Sunday
True or False: The KKK is a civil rights group that was founded in the Bronx, NY
False: they were founded in Pulaski, TN
True or false: there was also a lot of violence in Birmingham, Alabama over the subject of civil rights
true