Historical Figures
Most famous Civil Rights Activist and leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The boycott of buses
What is The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
She is known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus
What is Rosa Parks?
segregation imposed by law
what is de jure segregation
What is segregation?
What is the systematic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life
African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism. He urged his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary,”
who is Malcolm X
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by the Governor of Arkansas.
What is the Little Rock Nine
He is known for promoting Islam within the Black community and for being a Black Power advocate
Who is Malcolm X?
these laws were made to promote the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks
What are Jim Crow Laws?
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
What is protest?
the nation's first Black Supreme Court Justice
who is Thurgood Marshall
Homer Plessy got on the wrong train car and refused to move
what is Plessy v Ferguson
the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges
an organization that was begun in 1909 and was one of the main organizations in the 1940s working to overturn segregation laws; works through courts to fight inequality
What is the NAACP?
The amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
leader of the Women's Political Council
Jo Ann Robinson
Famous court case that desegregated schools nationwide
What is Brown v Board of Education?
she is known for being an unwed mother that refused to give up her bus seat
who is claudette colvin
the separation of people that occurs “by fact,” rather than by legally imposed requirements such as social class or race
what is de facto segregation
The amendment that granted citizenship and equal protections under the law
What is the 14th amendment?
14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman
who is Emmett Till
A crowd of about 250,000 individuals gathered peacefully on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to listen to speeches by civil rights leaders, notably Martin Luther King, Jr.
what is the March on Washington
he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech at the March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
The process of countering racial segregation; no more separate facilities/resources
what is integration
the act of treating some people differently from others on a basis other than individual merit
What is discrimination?