People
This person gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This 13 month long protest was against the racial segregation on the public transportation in Alabama
What was the Montgomery bus boycott?
What is 1964?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This organization is the oldest and largest for civil rights
What is the NAACP?
This woman refused to give up her seat on the bus resulting in her arrest
Who is Rosa Parks?
The march from this Alabama city to Montgomery was led by Martin Luther King Jr
What is Selma?
On this day Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated
April 4th, 1968
This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote
This President originally proposed the idea for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
This group of students were the first African American students to attend a White school
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
These nonviolent protests were led by people trying to sit at counters of segregated restaurant
On March 7, 1965 this event took place
What is Bloody Sunday?
These laws were created to help enforced segregation in the United States
What were the Jim Crow laws?
The 3 African American women who were mathematicians that worked at NASA during the Space Race inspired this movie
What is Hidden Figures?
This man was a civil rights leader as well as a Nation of Islam minister
Who is Malcolm X?
The riots that took place in this Michigan city were some the bloodiest urban riots in the United States at the time
What is Detroit?
On this day, school segregation was ended by the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education
What is May 17, 1954?
This Supreme Court Case overturned laws that banned interracial marriage
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This march inspired a movie of the same name
What is Selma?
This woman became the first African American woman to serve in Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This march was where the " I Have a Dream" speech took place
This was the year that the Montgomery bus boycott started
What is 1955?
This Supreme Court Case ruled to prohibit racial segregation of interstate and intrastate transportation facilities
What is Bailey v. Patterson?
This woman was the first African-American Woman to hold a pilot license
Who is Elizabeth (Bessie) Coleman?