Leaders
I was one of the most popular leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and gave the "I Have a Dream Speech" as a part of the March on Washington in August 1963. I was assassinated in April 1968.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This group helped integrate an an all white high school in Arkansas in 1957.
Little Rock Nine
Brown vs. Board of Education ended...
A group of civil rights activists marched from the Washington Monument to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, protesting racial discrimination.
March on Washington
What does prejudice mean?
I became a symbol of the Montgomery Bus Boycott when I refused to give up my seat to a white man who got on the bus. I was the secretary of the local NAACP.
Rosa Parks
This group opposed the Civil Rights Movement and used acts of violence against African Americans and their white allies.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Loving v. Virginia ended...
Prohibition of interracial marriage
What was the outcome of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Bus companies had no choice but to desegregate due to losing money from the boycott; a major victory in the Civil Rights Movement.
This president had many ideas for civil rights legislation but died before he could see any of his laws be passed.
John F. Kennedy
As a civil rights leader, I promoted Black pride and Black nationalism and was a member of the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X
They were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who went on bus trips through the South and protested against segregated bus terminals.
Freedom Riders
Which act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin? (Hint: it was passed in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the Greensboro Sit-in?
Four African American college students sit and order coffee at a Woolworth’s “whites-only” lunch counter. Non-violent sit-ins spread to over 100 Southern cities as young people confront segregation and demand change. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) grows out of the sit-in movement.
Who were the Dixiecrats?
A political group in the South who worked to maintain racial segregation and the Jim Crow laws.
My parents fought for me to attend the all White public school near my house.
Linda Brown
Which of the following was NOT an organization from the Civil Rights Movement:
A. CORE (Congress on Racial Equality)
B. SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
C. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
D. SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
What were poll taxes and which amendment ended them?
Taxes that people had to pay in order to vote; 24th Amendment
What was the March from Selma to Montgomery?
Six hundred marchers calling for voting rights are stopped and assaulted by police officers and others on the outskirts of Selma. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a second march and seeks court protection for an even larger march. The demonstrators win, and up to 25,000 march from Selma to Montgomery, sleeping in fields as they make the four-day trek.
What is the difference between discrimination and segregation?
Discrimination happens when one group is treated differently from another. One way to discriminate is through the use of segregation, or keeping one group of people separate from another group.
I argued before the Supreme Court for the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education. Years later I became the first African American Supreme Court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What did the Fair Housing Act do?
Prohibited the discrimination in the sale and rental of housing based on race, color, religion, national origin, etc.
Explain the difference between a march, boycott, and sit-in.
March - Walking as a part of a demonstration/protest; often includes protest signs
Boycott - Refusal to buy a protect or support a business
Sit-in - Occupation of an area or business until needs are met
What was the name of the book we read at the beginning of the unit?
We Shall Overcome