Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
This man was the first ever Black American to be integrated into White Baseball, he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, his number was 42.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-ins
This is another name for White Southern Democrats who came to power during Radical Reconstruction.
Who are Redeemers?
The seperation of people by race in the US, can be either De Jure or De Facto.
What is Segregation?
An African-American boy who was from Chicago, he was beaten and killed for whistling at a white women.
Who was Emmet Till?
He was a 26-year-old Church deacon, who died protecting his Grandfather and Mother during a police raid.
Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
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?
The policy of ending De Jure (legal) segregation in the United States.
What is Desegregation?
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
The event involved a bomb, and four innocent victims who were attending Sunday school in 1963.
What was the 16th St. Baptist Church Bombing?
This event culminated in a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama on a very specific day.
Hint: Two words; one is a descriptive word and the other is a day of the week.
What is Bloody Sunday?
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR?
1964
Buses that carried both Black and White individuals (college students) through the Deep South in 1961 to challenge segregation on transportation.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
This fierce advocate for African Americans disagreed with MLK's strategy for equality.
Who was Malcolm X?
This organization came about because of the Black Power movement. They employed young African-Americans and often operated in American cities, helping to patrol the streets.
Who were the Black Panthers?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in the this city.
What is Memphis?
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
The refusal to comply with certain laws, often a form of peaceful protest against unfair laws, often involoving marches and demonstrations.
What is Civil Disobedience?
9 African American students tried to attend the all-white Central High School but were harassed and terrorized.
Who were the Little Rock 9?
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by this individual who used a sniper rifle. What is the name of this individual.
Who was James Earl Ray?
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.
What is the the March on Washington?
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson that was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
Hint: Three words
"Separate but equal"
The rights people have to be treated fairly and equally under the law, this includes both political and social equality.
What is Civil Rights?