Early Civil Right Movement
The Amendment that started the movement
14th
Her actions kicked off protest during the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks
Examples of non-violent protests
Sit-ins, boycotts, Freedom rides
Was an advocate for migrant farm workers in the west.
Cesar Chavez
SCLC
MLK
The Amendment that allowed African Americans into the government
15th
Due to Rosa Parks actions the event led to the desegregation of public transportation in Alabama
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The typical response to the non-violent protests
Violence
These two people had similar ideologies about how to gain equality for their respective minority groups?
MLK and Cesar Chavez
Adopted Islam
Malcolm X
The reasons the protections under the 14th could NOT be enforced
States refused to enforce it
Reason why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was so effective
Financial impact on the Bus company
The events that led to the desegregation of trains and buses nation wide
Freedom Rides
This legislation (law) removed any attempt to prevent people from voting?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Table grape boycott
Cesar Chavez
The case that set the social standard in the U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The presidents that made attempts at reform but were moderately successful
Truman and Kennedy
The reason that African Americans were not able to get any headway with regard to there new found legal rights
Southern governments and police
This legislation made it illegal to discriminate against any individual based upon their race, gender, origin?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Arrested multiple times to proved a point
MLK
Legalized discrimination and segregation in the South
Jim Crow Laws
The court case that had an impact on the future of education in the U.S.
Brown v. Board of Education
Who had strong opposition to the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling?
Southern states/governments
Voting Rights Act of 1965
LBJ