Protests and Actions
This protest began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus.
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Famous speech delivered by MLK Jr. at the March on Washington.
What is the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
This case challenged segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
A form of protest in which people refuse to buy, use, or participate in something to bring about change.
What are boycotts?
Location where lunch counter sit-ins took place.
(Store Name and City are both acceptable: BONUS for both)
What is Woolworth's Drug Store in Greensboro, NC?
The face of the Civil Rights Movement who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, and promoted nonviolent protests.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This nickname was given to Birmingham, Alabama due to a series of violent attacks, including the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is "Bombingham"?
This law banned discrimination in public places and jobs.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Nonviolent protests where people sat at segregated lunch counters.
Sit-ins
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States testing desegregation laws.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
He broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The number of days the boycott of Montgomery buses lasted before a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
381 Days
This law aimed to end voting discrimination, ban all poll taxes, and make it easier for blacks to register to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The overall goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to achieve this
What is end of segregation?
Also acceptable (voting rights, equal job opportunities, freedoms, equality, etc.)
This 1963 protest in Birmingham, Alabama involving this group of people marching to challenge segregation and demand civil rights, despite facing police dogs and fire hoses
Who are teenagers?
This young black girl was a key figure in integrated an elementary school in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
President Eisenhower had to send in the National Guard to help protect these students as they integrated a high school in Arkansas
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This 1896 case allowed segregation laws to take place and was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Large organized public protests in which people walk together, sing, pray, and give speeches to raise awareness and demand social or political change.
What are marches?
This Alabama march pushed for voting rights and faced violent resistance bringing about national media attention.
What is the March to Selma?
This leader supported self-defense and criticized nonviolence.
Who is Malcolm X?
This Birmingham church bombing killed four girls and shocked the nation.
What is the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing?
Brown v. Board of Education case overturned This legal doctrine, established by Plessy v. Ferguson.
"separate but equal" is inherently unequal
The refusal to obey the demands a government, without resorting to violence or destruction of property; its usual purpose is to force change from the government.
What is Civil Disobedience?