African American woman that refuse to give her seat to a Caucasian man.
What is Rosa Parks?
100
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
What is segregation?
100
War between Northern and Southern America; acceptance of slavery was a difference between the two.
What is the civil war?
100
Modern day group protesting police brutality and oppression of African Americans by police forces.
What is Black Lives Matter?
100
The Civil rights movement happened in this century.
What is the 20th century?
200
This Former U.S. President passed desegregation laws during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is John F. Kennedy?
200
The ending of a policy of racial segregation.
What is desegregation?
200
Approx 40,000 African Americans bus riders boycotted the system.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
200
Holiday created to commemorate this Civil Rights Movement leader.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
200
This individual changed his last name to X as a symbol of the true African name he never knew.
What is Malcolm X?
300
This individuals was known for his saying, "by any means necessary."
What is Malcolm X?
300
Groups that aim to promote the rights and freedoms of groups and individuals.
What is civil liberty groups?
300
Civil Rights Activists, both Caucasian and African American, would travel on buses to areas in the South where segregation was prominent, such as New Orleans
What is Freedom Rides?
300
Month long holiday created to commemorate African American heritage.
What is Black History Month?
300
Ethnic groups living in separate neighbourhoods is an example of this type of segregation.
What is De Facto segregation?
400
There is a national American holiday commemorating this leader.
What is Martin Luther King jr.?
400
Described as segregation without laws; Housing discrimination: Caucasian groups did not allow non-Whites to live in Caucasian neighbourhoods. Every ethnic group had its own part of the city.
What is De Facto segregation?
400
A collaborative and peaceful effort by multiple civil rights groups with the goal of passing the civil rights law that the Kennedy administration proposed.
What is the March on Washington?
400
An act that enforced equal housing opportunities for all races; cannot refuse to sell or rent your house to anyone based on their race.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1968?
400
The most famous speech involved in the civil rights movement.
What is "I have a dream"?
500
The civil rights movement helped support this particular group in society.
What is African Americans (minorities)?
500
Described as segregation by law; Laws forbade African Americans from attending the same church, using the same swimming pools, or marrying caucasian individuals.
What is De Jure Segregation?
500
A large popular movement from 1954-1968 with the aim to secure African Americans equal access and opportunities as all U.S. citizens
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
500
This act prohibited discrimination at voting polls, established bilingual ballots, outlawed literacy tests for voters and gave federal government power to oversee all elections.
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This individual was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4th of 1968.