Vocab
What is the name of the Civil Rights Activist who gave a speech at the March on Washington and preached non-violence as a form of protest?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Little Rock Nine
What was the name of the woman who refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks
What is the name of the type of protest where participants sit and refuse to move?
Sit-in
What is the name of the famous court case that ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What is the name for the boycott that occurred following Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her seat?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is the name of the interracial organization that was founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Who was president of the United States during the Little Rock Nine crisis?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Over a year/1 year
What is the name for the 1964 law that banned discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or national origin?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the name of the Governor of Arkansas during the Little Rock Nine Crisis (withdrew the National guard causing chaos to occur)?
Where is the bus that Rosa Parks originally refused to give up her seat at on display?
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan
Segregation by unwritten custom or tradition is known as...
De facto segregation
What did Eisenhower do to alleviate the chaos in the Little Rock Nine Crisis - ensuring the 9 students could attend Central High School?
Sent in the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas
What is the name of the court case that ruled that segregation on public transportation was unconstitutional, ending the boycott?
Browder v. Gayle