Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
PRESIDENT TRUMAN EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981
Desegregated the military
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned by what court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
hating someone because of their skin color
racism
This president was a supporter of the Civil Right Movement before he was assassinated.
Who was John F Kennedy?
Bringing all the races back together
Integration
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
University of Texas law school had to admit a black man. Set a precedent
Sweatt v. Painter
using peaceful means to bring about change
nonviolence
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
Organization which advocated for black Americans rights
NAACP
Name the March that led to the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
The March on Washington
Explain Hernandez v. Texas
Mixed juries expand equal protection rights
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
Name the fruit that the UNITED FARM WORKERS asked the public to boycott.
GRAPES
Cannot refuse athletic events and programs for female sports
This was the name for when young civil rights workers from all over the country went around riding buses throughout the south testing the desegregation of the bussing system.
What is the Freedom Riders?
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
not in agreement with the US Constitution
unconstitutional
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.
THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT PROTECTS WHICH AMENDMENT?
15TH AMENDMENT
Which amendment made it free to vote?
24th amendment
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of blacks voting