Vocabulary
to bring together
integrate
This organization fought for equal rights and was founded in 1909.
NAACP
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in this year.
1955
Which city and state was he born in?
Atlanta, GA
"His famous "I Have a Dream" speech __________ the crowd."
electrified
basic rights and freedom
Civil Rights
Thurgood Marshall worked as this type of professional.
A Lawyer
Rosa Parks’ job was sewing clothes. She worked as this.
a seamstress
This Supreme Court case said school segregation was illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
"In the South, segregation was enforced by __________________. These laws had controlled the lives of Southern blacks since the late 1800s."
Jim Crow Laws
unfair opinions about a person, group, and race
Marshall argued cases in this highest court in the United States.
the U.S. Supreme Court
After she refused to move, Rosa Parks was taken off the bus and put in this place.
jail
He went to a college that is well known as an HBCU. What was the name of the college? Where is the college located?
He went to Morehouse College. It is located in Atlanta, GA.
"Marshall argued the case before the Supreme Court. He argued that the ______________________ of the U.S. Constitution said that states must treat all citizens alike, regardless of race."
Fourteenth Amendment
to show disagreement
protest
Marshall was known as the “little man’s lawyer” because he helped this group of people.
poor people
Because of Parks’ arrest, African Americans stopped riding the buses. This protest was called a _______.
In December 1955, an event happened that made King a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. This event was started after a woman refused to give up her bus seat.
Montgomery Bus Boycott?
"In the course of our country's progress toward equality of opportunity, you have shown ___________ and _____________."
dignity; courage
the division of people into groups based on race
Segregation
Thurgood Marshall later became the first African American to serve in this important job.
a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
The community chose this young minister to lead the bus boycott.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
How did the bus boycott help Martin Luther King, Jr. become a leader?
He led the boycott and became known across the country for supporting peaceful protest.
"...thousands of people staged ____________________________. Most of those taking part were black students."
sit-ins all over the South