Famous Figures
Who was the spark of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who started the Sit-In movement?
College Kids (Greensboro 4)
This 1961 campaign tested desegregation on interstate buses in the South.
Freedom Rides
This form of protest involves intentionally breaking unjust laws to highlight their unfairness, as famously practiced by activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.
Civil Disobedience
Which athlete did we discuss that desegregated their leagues sport?
Jackie Robinson
He was the main leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Martin Luther King Jr.
What did MLK do while he was in jail to keep the movement alive?
Wrote the Birmingham Letter
This protest aimed to desegregate public facilities in a major Alabama city. MLK was arrested.
Birmingham Campaign
This 1896 case upheld “separate but equal” laws
Plessy v Ferguson
Who was the president who supported the students during Little Rock 9?
Eisenhower
He promoted Black nationalism and was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X
This 1965 event is known as “Bloody Sunday.”
Selma
This 1963 event gathered over 200,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial.
March on Washington
This 1965 law ended literacy tests and other voting barriers.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What university did Governor Wallace attempt to not allow for african american students to attend?
Alabama
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
This boycott began after Rosa Parks' arrest and lasted over a year.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This 1960 protest tactic involved sitting at segregated lunch counters.
Sit-Ins
This 1964 law banned segregation and discrimination in public places and employment.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This group was known for using self-defense and patrolling police behavior
Black Panthers
This teenager’s murder in Mississippi helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
Emmett Till
This 1957 event involved federal troops escorting Black students to school
Little Rock 9
Who was the largest and most powerful civil rights organization throughout the civil rights era?
NAACP
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation.
Brown v. Board
Who was the president who's administration assisted in MLK being released from prison?
JFK