Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
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
This fierce advocate for African Americans disagreed with MLK's strategy for equality.
Malcolm X
Bringing all the races back together
Integration
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
Passed in 1965, it banned literacy tests for voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
using peaceful means to bring about change
nonviolence
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
People who worked towards social change were called
activists
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
Economic strategies used to protest segregation laws (there are 2)
Boycotts and selective buying campaigns
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
NAACP Lawyer who became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.
This type of coverage helped gain national attention to the Civil Rights Movement
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
not in agreement with the US Constitution
unconstitutional
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized.
The Little Rock 9
Name the two main goals of the Civil Rights Movement
End segregation and gain voting rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the this city.
What is Memphis?
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson that was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
Hint: Three words
"Separate but equal"
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of blacks voting