Key Individuals
Broke the color barrier
What did Jackie Robinson do
This phrase was used to justify segregation in the South
13th amendment
Which amendment abolished slavery
Wouldn't give up her seat to a white person, sparking a huge boycott
What's Rosa Parks known for
Overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine
What is Brown v. Board of Education
15th amendment
What amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based off of race and color
"I Have a Dream"
What's the name of the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave
Laws in the South that enforced segregation and discrimination against African Americans
What are Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What act granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States, including former slaves
The first African American child to integrate an all white elementary school in New Orleans, 1960
Who was Ruby Bridges
Supreme Court case that established "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Voting Rights Act
What act prohibited discriminatory voting practices
NAACP
What organization was Roy Wilkins the head of
segregation on public transportation
What did the Montgomery bus boycott protest
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What act outlawed discrimination in employment, public accommodations and federally funded programs