People
A major leader of the Civil Rights Movement, known for his philosophy of nonviolence and speeches like "I Have a Dream."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Prohibits denying someone the right to buy, rent, or negotiate with a landlord because of their protected class
Fair Housing Act of 1968
Series of three marches that took place in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
The Selma Marches
What are Sit-ins
A form of peaceful protest where activists occupied segregated lunch counters.
Known for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
A landmark law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Voting Rights Act of 1955
A boycott of businesses in Birmingham, Alabama, aimed at pressuring them to desegregate their hiring practices.
Birmingham Boycott
Desegregation of the Military (1948)
Ordered by President Truman, integrating the U.S. military.
A civil rights activist who worked for African American voting rights and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Frannie Lou Hamer
Outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
a series of nonviolent protests in 1960 that took place at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
The Greensboro sit-ins
What is the Interstate Highway System
A federal project that reshaped transportation but also impacted African American communities through urban renewal projects.
His efforts led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which banned discrimination in government and defense jobs and established the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC).
A. Philip Randolph
Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
Fifteenth Amendment
A protest against bus segregation sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest, leading to a Supreme Court ruling against segregation.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
CORE
An organization that played a major role in civil rights activism, including Freedom Rides and sit-ins.
The first African American Supreme Court Justice who played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement, especially as the lead attorney in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The court case thatended segregation in public schools.
Thurgood Marshall
This amendment Banned poll taxes, removing a major barrier to African American voting rights.
24th Amendment
A massive rally where MLK delivered his " Have a Dream" speech, advocating for civil rights legislation.
March on Washington
NAACP
A key civil rights organization advocating for legal and social justice.