Organizations
The full name for SCLC
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
Chief justice who oversaw the Brown v. Board case
Who was Earl Warren?
Challenged segregation on interstate busses and bus terminals
What were the Freedom Rides?
Another name for Freedom Summer
What was the Mississippi Summer Project?
When Martin Luther King and his supporters were arrested
When is Good Friday?
Showcased power of young activists in the civil rights movement
What is the SNCC?
Used in demonstrations in Birmingham
Who were school children?
When the Freedom Rides took place
When was May 4 to December 16, 1961?
Organization that ran the campaign
What is the Council of Organized Federations (COFO)?
How MLK continued fight in jail
What was the letter that turned criticism on nation’s religious leaders and on moderate-minded white Americans?
Pioneered the use of nonviolent tactics to combat civil rights injustice before resorting to Black separatist policies
What is the Congress of Racial Equality?
Main population of the SNCC
Who were students/young activists?
When and by whom the idea was first conceived, and why
When was 1947, who was CORE and FOR, and how did they test the supreme court decision that segregation on interstate busses was unconstitutional?
Number of Black population in Mississippi that registered to vote before Freedom Summer
What is less than 7%?
Measures taken to avoid desegregation
What was closing parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, golf courses, and more?
He served on CORE's advisory committee
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
People who were quoted by Dr. King in his letter
Who was Socrates, Thomas Jefferson, St. Augustine, and Earl Warren?
This organization was formed, and it banned segregation in all facilities under their jurisdiction
What is the Interstate Commerce Committee (ICC)?
Two goals of Freedom Summer
What is increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi and fighting voter discrimination and intimidation at polls?
Reason for MLK and supporters' arrest
What was marching without a permit (violated court injunction that prohibited demonstrations)?
Main goals of SNCC and CORE
What were sit-ins, nonviolent tactics, boycotts, and other campaigns?
What is "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Court cases that ended segregation on busses and in interstate transportation facilities
What were the Morgan v. Virginia and the Boynton v. Virginia cases?
Accomplishments of campaign, and how it helped
What is gaining national attention, garnered attention to civil rights movement, and helped convince Johnson to pass civil rights act of 1964 (ended segregation in public places, banned employment discrimination due to race, color, religion, or gender)?
Why Birmingham was chosen for campaign
Why was it the toughest challenge to desegregate and a victory would break segregation throughout the South?