Jim Crow
Term used to describe a mob murdering someone due to prejudicial reasons.
Lynching
The city that kickstarted a year-long boycott of the bussing system beginning of 1955.
Montgomery, Alabama
Woman who became famous for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
Boxer nicknamed the "Brown Bomber" who was considered one of the first African American Heroes of his day due to defeating a German opponent for the heavyweight championship.
Joe Louis
Historians agree that the Civil Rights Movement began after this event.
World War II
Segregation enforced privately or by custom.
De Facto Segregation
The city where the landmark court case Brown vs. Board of Education originated.
Topeka, Kansas
Founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Major League Baseball team Jackie Robisnon broke the color barrier with.
Brooklyn Dodgers
Organization that was created prior to the Civil Rights Movement that pushed for justice for African Americans and continues to do so to this day.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Segregation enforced by law or the government.
De Jure Segregation
The city where the first Woolworth's Sit-Ins took place.
Greensboro, North Carolina
14-year-old boy who was brutally lynched in Mississippi in 1955 and whose photos created national and international outrage.
Emmett Till
Baseball executive responsible for recruiting Jackie Robinson to become the first Black Major League Baseball player of the 20th century.
Branch Rickey
Name of the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas that was integrated by 9 Black students in 1957.
Central High School
The Supreme Court case that legalized segregation under the provision "separate but equal" in 1896.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The city where Ruby Bridges integrated an all-white Elementary School in 1960.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Governor of Arkansas in the 1950's who opposed the integration of public schools.
Orval Faubus
Major League Baseball team whose manager was by far the most hostile and racist toward Jackie Robinson in 1947.
Philadelphia Phillies
Name referring to the private schools created in the 1950's and 1960's designed to avoid integration.
Segregation Academies
How Jim Crow Laws got their name.
Blackface or Minstrel Shows
The city where Malcolm X was born in 1925.
Omaha, Nebraska
The leader of the Nation of Islam who influenced Malcolm X and his early philosophy.
Elijah Muhammad
The college or university that Jackie Robinson attended before becoming a Major League Baseball player.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Country in Africa that initiated segregation known as apartheid well into the 1990's.
South Africa