Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
This form of racial terrorism involved the public murder of Black Americans by white mobs, often including torture, mutilation, and burning, with no legal consequences for the perpetrators
lynching
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-ins
Sets of mainly southern laws that legalized racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
hating someone because of their skin color
racism
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
These systematic practices include racial profiling, discriminatory stop and search tactics, and disproportionate use of force against minority communities.
police brutality
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson that was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education? Hint: Three words
"Separate but equal"
The separation of the races
Segregation
This fierce advocate for African Americans disagreed with MLK's strategy for equality.
Who was Malcolm X?
a discriminatory practice where financial services, particularly mortgages and insurance, are denied to residents of certain neighborhoods, often based on racial or ethnic composition.
Redlining
The KKK experienced this major revival in 1915 after the release of D.W. Griffith's film glorifying the organization.
The Birth of a Nation
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
Professional boxer which was an avid Civil Rights activists
Muhammad Ali
This comprehensive term describes the web of laws, policies, and practices that trap primarily low-income African American and Latino communities in a cycle of criminalization, incarceration, and post-release restrictions.
mass incarceration
250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to ask Congress to make a law that would give African Americans equal rights and quality education.
The March on Washington
Passed in 1965, it banned literacy tests for voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
Organization which advocated for black Americans rights
NAACP
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
These all-white communities got their name from signs warning Black people to leave by this time of day or face violent consequences, often stating "Don't Let The Sun Set On You Here."
sundown towns
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?
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR?
1964
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of blacks voting