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Violent and Nonviolent Resistance
Legislation
100
What African-American group from Shaw University was organized by Ella Baker in 1960?
What is the SNCC
100
In 1986, what was the case in which laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities to be under the doctrine of "separate but equal’? In this case a man argued that the state law which required East Louisiana Railroad to segregate trains had denied him his rights under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
100
Who was a violent protester during the Civil Rights Movement until his journey to Mecca where he decided to become a non-violent protester.
What is Malcolm X
100
What act of resistance did Rosa Parks inspire?
What is Montgomery Bus Boycotts
100
What was the civil rights legislation that ensured that no one would be denied the right to vote based on race and it ended literacy tests to vote in the united states?
What is Voting Rights Act
200
This group whose influential figure was Charles Hamilton Houston found to send segregation since 1909?
What is the NAACP
200
in 1954, what was the case in which the father of an 8 year old girl charged the board of education in Kansas for violating her rights to admission into al all whites school 4 blocks from her house? The case ended with the Supreme Court striking down segregation in schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
200
This individual won 29 of 32 cases in the supreme court; with his best law students from the NAACP. Each case he won chipped away at the segregation platform, especially with his most stunning victory in the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
What is Thurgood Marshall
200
Martin Luther King led a 30,000 African Americans in a nonviolent march through City Hall in 1966 in an effort to end what law
What is de jure Segregation
200
Which law said that no poll taxes would be allowed in any states. In other words, a state could not charge people to vote?
What is 24th Amendment
300
What grouped staged the first sit -ins?
What is CORE
300
In 1964, what act prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, or gender? It gave all citizens the right to enter any public facility or accommodation.
What is Civil Rights Act
300
Who joined the Montgomery Bus Boycott because after an hard day of work, she took a full bus and she seat in the “negro-part”, a white man didn’t have a seat so, the bus driver told her to move and leave the seat for the man; she refused and the bus driver called the police and she got arrested
What is Rosa Parks
300
What did the death of a 15-year-old student in New York (who was killed by the police) spark?
What is Violent race riots (Harlem and Watts)
300
Which law, made in 1865 abolished slavery but did not give blacks equality?
What is 13th Amendment
400
After the Bus Boycott Martin Luther King Jr. Helped found this group in 1957?
What is the SCLC
400
In 1965, which act eliminated literacy tests that had disqualified many voters? It also allowed voters to enroll who had been denied suffrage by local officials.
What is Voting Rights Act
400
Who was the first African-American woman in the United States House of Representatives
What is Shirley Chisholm
400
What form of non-violent resistance against society caused African Americans to begin registering to vote? The SNCC and the CORE hoped this would cause national publicity and would force congress to pass the voting rights act.
What is Freedom Summer
400
Which law said that “All persons born or naturalized in the US...are citizens...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person...the equal protection of the laws”?
What is 14th Amendment
500
What group was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to fight brutality in the ghetto, while advocating self defense in several police shoot-outs.
What is Black Panthers
500
What did the supreme court rule in favor of; abolishing segregation, or in favor of the racial dual systems?
What is Integrated Schools
500
This person was the voice of the Democratic National Convention by giving a shocking speech that touched viewers worldwide. This individual was imprisoned because of registering to vote in 1962.
What is Fannie Lou Hamer
500
He organized a “children’s crusade” to help desegregate Birmingham. This protest led to children being brutally beaten by the police and being captured on tv while doing so. This coverage finally convinced Birmingham officials to end segregation
What is the March on Birmingham
500
What was the piece of legislation that stopped segregation and discrimination in public accommodations. It also forbid employers to discriminate against minorities?
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
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