Civil Rights 1
In response to her arrest, the Montgomery black community launched a bus boycott that lasted over a year until the buses desegregated on Dec. 21, 1956. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the newly elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), was instrumental in leading the boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks
In 1968, at age 39, this historical figure was shot as he was standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. Escaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray was convicted of the crime.
Who is Martin Luther King
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed the federal government to enforce desegregation and prohibits discrimination in public facilities, in government and in employment. The ____ laws in the South were abolished, and it became illegal to compel segregation of the races in schools, housing or hiring.
What are Jim Crow Laws
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is President LBJ
This 1963 even led to the death of four little girls.
What is the Birmingham Church Bombing?
In 1870, this amendment was added to the Constitution to grant African Americans the right to vote, including former slaves.
What is the 15th Amendment
In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in this case upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad cars. The ruling stated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution dealt with political and not social equality.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimously ruled in this landmark case that public school segregation was unconstitutional and paved the way for desegregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
These African American students integrated a school in Arkansas:
Who are the Little Rock 9
In 1964, the Congress of Racial Equality began sending student volunteers on bus trips to test the implementation of new laws prohibiting segregation in interstate travel facilities. One of the first two groups of the _____ as they are called, encountered its first problem two weeks later when a mob in Alabama sets their vehicle on fire. The program continued and by the end of the summer, more than 1,000 volunteers, black and white, participated.
Who are the Freedom Riders
In 1965, these marches, which included Bloody Sunday, were actually three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement.
What are the Selma to Montgomery Marches
These "tests" were designed to disenfranchise African American voters:
What are literacy tests?
Passed by Congress on Jan. 31, 1865, which abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment
Congress passed this Act in 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting were made illegal.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The incident in 1965 was dubbed ____ by the national media, with each of the three networks interrupting telecasts to broadcast footage from the horrific incident. The march was considered the catalyst for pushing through the Voting Rights Act five months later.
What is Bloody Sunday