Civil Rights movement
The montgomery bus boycott leader
Rosa Parks
What are Civil Rights?
Laws that protect people from discrimination
Where were Black people required to sit on buses?
Back of the bus
India
Where did Nelson Mandela grow up?
South Africa
How did protesters respond when police came?
They remained peaceful
What was the term for keeping races separated?
Segregation
What was a "sit-in"?
A peaceful protest at white-only lunch counters
Who did India gain independence from as a result of Gandhi's fight?
Great Britain
For how long was Mandela in prison?
27 years
Which Doctor was an important leader in the civil rights movement?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
When did slavery end for African Americans?
1865
How long did African Americans struggle to gain their Civil Rights?
Over 100 years
What religion did Gandhi follow?
Hinduism
What is a word we usually use for racial segregation in South Africa?
Apartheid
What did we call the laws that said black people should be treated "separate but equal"?
Jim Crow Laws
Name a place that could be "White only"
Diners, swimming pools, movie theathers
What did Black people have to do in Alabama before they could vote?
Take a tricky reading test
Name one of Mahatma Gandhi's two nicknames
Great Soul, India's father
When did Apartheid end?
1991
What years did this movement happen
1865-1960's
What was the "Brown v. Board of Education Act" of May 17, 1954?
A ruling that said that schools could not be segregaged
How did segregation affect education?
Black and white children attended separate schools
When did India gain independence?
1947
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