People
The Montgomery bus boycott began following her arrest, after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
Who is Rosa Parks
SNCC
What is the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee?
MLK made his famous "I have a dream speech" during this event.
What is the March on Washington?
This group was well known for its opposition to racial integration. Its issues involved the protection of "European-American heritage" from those of other ethnicities.
What was the White Citizens' Council?
This protest attracted nationwide attention but failed to accomplish its goals because of a determined opposition.
What is the Albany Protest?
1st catholic President who was embarrassed by the actions toward African Americans who was later shot and killed on Nov. 22 1963?
Who is JFK?
The governor of Alabama who said: "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
Who is George Wallace?
This was a landmark piece of federal legislation designed to enforce the 15th Amendment and eliminate state-level discriminatory practices, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, that disenfranchised Black voters. It dramatically increased voter registration in the South
What is the Voting Rights Act 1965
This boy's murder in 1955 is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
Who was the president who was able to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed?
Who is Lyndon Johnson
Who was the president who sent troops to little Rock Arkansas in 1957 to help enforce integration of Central High?
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
Three marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
"Bloody Sunday"
The 24th amendment outlawed this.
What are poll taxes?
African Americans and whites together rode various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation
What are the Freedom Riders?
MLK was the leader of this Civil Rights organization.
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
This was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Who is the Dem. senator who was a major advocate for civil rights and running for president in 1968?
Who is Robert Kennedy?
In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called out his state's National Guard to block these 9 black students from entering Central high school, Little Rock Arkansas
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
A landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The forced enrollment of this African American student, James Meredith, caused a riot at this university.
What is Ole' Miss or University of Mississippi?