Vocabulary
What is it called when people stop buying something to make a change?
Boycott
Who refused to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery?
Rosa Parks
What happened in 1954 that ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
What law ended segregation in public places in 1964?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Rosa Parks refused to move from her bus seat. What happened next?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What word means bringing different races of people together?
Integration
Who was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Who were the 9 students in 1957 who went to a white school?
Little Rock Nine
What law gave Black people more voting rights in 1965?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The murder of Emmett Till made people angry. What did many do?
More people joined the Civil Rights Movement
What word means disobeying certain laws to make change
Civil Disobedience
What president signed the Civil Rights Act?
Lyndon Johnson
What happened in Montgomery for over a year to protest bus rules?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What Supreme Court case said “separate but equal” was okay?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What were the challenges African Americans faced in order to vote?
Poll Tax and Literacy tests
What is a peaceful protest where people sit down and don’t move?
Who was hurt during the Freedom Rides and Bloody Sunday?
John Lewis
What march in 1965 showed how hard it was for Black people to vote?
March on Selma/Bloody Sunday
What court case ended segregation in schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What is true about the children who were put in Jail in Birmingham?
Their peaceful protest got national attention.
What were unfair laws in the South called?
Jim Crow Laws
Who was the famous leader who gave speeches about peace and was killed in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What murder shocked the country and helped start the Civil Rights Movement?
Emmett Till's murder
What group helped fight for civil rights and helped in court?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Jackie Robinson played in Major League Baseball in 1947 what did this do?
It helped break the color barrier in sports