"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."
What is Executive Order 9981.
100
He won this award in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize.
100
King became the first black American to be honored as this magazine's Man of the Year.
What is Time Magazine.
200
This person was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King Junior.
200
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
What is 1954.
200
Abolishes the poll tax.
What is the 24th Amendment.
200
He was born in this city and state.
What is Atlanta, Georgia.
200
By Rosa Parks standing up to bus segregation, this led to a bus boycott for this many days.
What is 382 days.
300
This person was a Civil Rights lawyer who won 29 out of his 30 cases.
Who is Thurgood Marshall.
300
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger.
What is 1955.
300
This act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act.
300
He delivered this speech to civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech.
300
He was the founding member of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois.
400
This person was the President during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is President Eisenhower.
400
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama. He writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
What is 1963.
400
This order enforces affirmative action for the first time. It requires government contractors to "take affirmative action" toward prospective minority employees in all aspects of hiring and employment.
What is the Executive Order 11246.
400
He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by this man.
Who is James Earl Ray.
400
In 1993, this man sued the University of Maryland to accept an African American student.
Who is Thurgood Marshall.
500
These people were sent to attend Central High School to desegregate it.
Who are The Little Rock Nine.
500
Martin Luther King is shot and killed as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room.
What is 1968.
500
This act made it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.
Voting Rights Act of 1965.
500
He organized a mass march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, that created national support for federal voting-rights legislation during this year.
What is 1965.
500
Many southern state legislatures had written these laws to prevent blacks and whites from living as equals.