Civil Rights leaders
In 1963, he delivered the famous “ I have dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Literacy tests, intimidation, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and fraud are examples of...
Ways to prevent blacks from voting.
What is the Tulsa Race Riot/Massacre
Civil rights leader who wanted African Americans to establish separate communities. He believed that blacks should act in their own self defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
Name for the group of black students that attended the newly desegregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
What is the Little Rock Nine?
This President sent over a thousand troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect the Little Rock Nine.
Who is President Eisenhower?
Refers to the invisible social barrier that prevents women from accessing high-level management jobs?
What is the "glass ceiling"
Civil rights activist that became one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. He advocated nonviolence and went on to serve in Congress from 1987 until 2020.
Who is John Lewis?
This event helped spark the Gay Rights Movement that advocates equal rights for LGBTQ+ persons.
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
Segregation in American public schools was illegal
The refusal to comply with certain laws or pay taxes or fines, as a peaceful form of protest.
What is civil disobedience
Cesar Chavez, MLK Jr. and Gandhi shared this belief/strategy
What is nonviolence/civil disobedience
Controversial Supreme Court case that ruled that women have the right to choose an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This 1896 court case ruling upheld laws mandating separate but equal accommodations for blacks and whites.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
What was the name of the 14 year old boy from Chicago who was murdered for talking to a white woman? The photo of his corpse shocked Americans into fighting for civil rights.
What is Emmett Till
Its focus was to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls.
What is the NOW
(National Organization for Women)
High school teacher who helped organize the East Los Angeles student walkouts in 1968.
Who is Sal Castro
Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat at the front row of a "colored" bus sparked this event, which lasted more than a year.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Although not as flagrant as Jim Crow, the policies and practices that exist throughout society resulting in an unfair advantage to some people, or harmful treatment to others based on race or skin tone.
What is Systemic Racism?
The religious group that Malcolm X belonged to.
What is the Nation of Islam?