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An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger

Rosa Parks

100

The separation of the races

Segregation


100

Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as 

Sit-ins

100

Sets of mainly souther laws that legalized racial segregation

Jim Crow Laws 

100

hating someone because of their skin color

racism

200

1st African-American student in her state to enroll in an all-white school

Ruby Bridges

200

Bringing all the races back together

Integration 

200

Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation

Bus Boycott

200

The part of Jim Crow laws that allowed racial segregation

"Separate but equal"

200

using peaceful means to bring about change

nonviolence

300

This president signed the Civil Rights Act and ended all segregation.

Lyndon B. Johnson

300

People who worked towards social change were called

activists

300

The march that fought for equal rights to vote in 1965

The Selma March

300

Supreme Court case made segregation LEGAL by establishing "separate but equal"

Plessy V Ferguson

300

violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd

riot

400

Civil Rights leader known for changing his mind about whether protesters should use violence

Malcom X

400

Malcom X and Stokely Carmichael were more controversial leaders of the movement and differed from MLK Jr in that they supported the idea that it was ok/necessary to sometimes react by 

fighting back/use of violence

400

The young people who rode integrated buses through the south and were often attacked or arrested became known as 

Freedom Riders

400

Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration. 

Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)

400

not in agreement with the US Constitution

unconstitutional

500

A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech

Dr. Martin Luther King JR

500

True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.

False
500

True or False: After the legal segregation of schools ended, it became easy for African-American students to attend all-white schools.

False

500

This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR? 

1964

500

refusing to follow certain laws as a protest

civil disobedience

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