Civil Rights Leaders
In 1963, who gave the famous “ I Have a Dream” speech?
Who is Martin Luther King?
Where were the sit-ins popular? They protested against segregation in what places?
What are dinners and restaurants?
Why were Jim Crow Laws put into place?
What is to keep African Americans from being treated fairly?
What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who is Rosa Parks?
What Civil rights leader wanted African Americans to establish separate communities? He did not believe that being peaceful had achieved anything, and that Blacks should act in self-defense when violence was inflicted upon them.
Who is Malcolm X?
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting all forms of discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
An American civil rights activist who was a key leader in the Black Power movement. He was one of the original freedom riders and became a voting activist in Mississippi and Alabama.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
Who is referred to as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement"? She was also an advocate for women's voting rights.
Who is Rosa Parks?
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved in significant numbers to the North for what reasons?
What is escape segregation & find better jobs?
What did the Brown v. Board of Education case of 1954 determine?
What is - the segregation of American public schools was illegal?
What white supremacist terrorist hate group violently opposes the rights of African Americans? They started in the south in the 1800s and are still in existence today.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This term means peacefully disobeying unjust laws while working to have them changed.
What is civil disobedience?
Why was the Great Depression extra difficult for African Americans?
What is blacks were the first to lose their jobs, and did not have financial savings to help them through the Great Depression?
The main goal of the civil rights movement was to?
What is end segregation based on race?
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 was published & shocked Americans into fighting for civil rights.
Who is Emmett Till?
What document states, “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What civil rights leader wanted Blacks to work hard and earn their equality from Whites? He did not believe in pushing for the ending of segregation or in equal rights. He believed Blacks should focus on working hard, saving money, and getting a practical education so they would be superior laborers.
Who is Booker T Washington?
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans...
What is the period in time where Blacks made important contributions in music, literature, & art?
Literacy tests, Poll Taxes, and the Grandfather Clause were put into place to?
What is to prevent African Americans from voting?
Which United States president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
What religious group did Malcolm X belong to?
What is the Nation of Islam?