Civil Rights Movement Leaders
Historical Events
Jim Crow Laws
Famous Figures
Terms and Facts
100
"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything"
Who is Malcolm X?
100
For six days was both the largest and costliest urban rebellion of the Civil Rights era.
What is The Watts Riot? (more than forty million dollars worth of property was damaged)
100
In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that ____ was constitutional
"Separate but equal"
100
He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans. He hoped that America and the world could become a colorblind society where race would not impact a person's civil rights. He is considered one of the great orators of modern times, and his speeches, such as his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, still inspire many to this day.
Who is Bro. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
100
This document states “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Who is Booker T Washington?
200
On August 28, 1963 the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s capital attended by 250,000 people
What is was The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?(Same demonstration where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream Speech”)
200
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 case determined that _______ was illegal
What is segregation of American public schools?
200
The Civil Rights Act was originally proposed by this assassinated hero.
President John F. Kennedy
200
Sometimes it is necessary to disobey unjust laws and to work to have them changed. What statement most accurately reflects this idea?
What is Civil Disobedience?
300
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free"
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
This demonstration occurred when African Americans refused to ride city buses in Alabama to protest segregated seating. It is regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation in the U.S.
What is The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
300
Millions of African-Americans relocated to Northern and Western cities to get away from the Jim Crow laws of the south and find better labor opportunities. What was this termed?
The Great Migration
300
This amendment was passed to give 18 year olds the right to vote. This was an outcry of soldiers who returned from Vietnam but were to young to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
400
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.
Who is Julian Bond?
400
Which laws stated that if your ancestors could vote before the Civil War, then you did not have to pass the reading test to vote?
What are the Grandfather Clauses?
400
During a Sunday morning services, a bomb exploded at a predominantly black church that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Four young girls were killed and many other people injured; outrage over the incident and the violent clash between protesters and police that followed helped draw national attention to the hard-fought, often dangerous struggle for civil rights for African. Who were these girls?
Who are Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Carol Denise McNair?
500
"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
Who is James Baldwin?
500
These were the series of bus trips through the American South to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals. The group encountered tremendous violence from white protestors along the route, but also drew international attention to their cause.
What are the Freedom Rides?
500
American lawyer and educator instrumental in laying the legal groundwork that led to U.S. Supreme Court rulings outlawing racial segregation in public schools. His work earned him the title “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow”
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
500
What Civil Rights group was considered the precursor to the NAACP and many of its members, such as Bro. W. E. B. DuBois, were among the NAACP’s founders?
What is the Niagara Movement?
500
What Civil Rights group was considered the precursor to the NAACP and many of its members, such as Bro. W. E. B. DuBois, were among the NAACP’s founders? Niagara Movement
What is Niagara Movement
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