Landmark Cases
In 1954, this Supreme Court decision ruled that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus
Who Is Rosa Parks?
This 1963 demonstration brought 250,000 people together at the National Mall to protest civil rights abuses
What is the March on Washington?
Passed in 1965, this law suspended literacy tests and provided federal oversight of voter registration
What is the voting rights act?
In 2004, this media executive and philanthropist became the first African American woman to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
In 1954, this Supreme Court case determined that segregation of American public schools was illegal, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown V Board?
This doctor of theology became the most prominent icon of the nonviolent civil rights movement and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
nitiated by the Greensboro Four in 1960, this form of peaceful protest spread to lunch counters across the South
What are sit ins?
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, this landmark legislation banned segregation in public places and employment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights act?
In 1963, this author published "The Fire Next Time," a collection of essays that became a bestseller during the peak of the movement.
Who is James Baldwin?
This 1967 Supreme Court case declared that Virginia statutes prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional.
What is Lowing vs Virginia?
This leader of the Black Power movement was associated with both the Nation of Islam and later advocating broader human rights.
Who Is Malcom X?
These actions in 1961 were designed to test the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited segregation on interstate buses.
What are Freedom Rides?
Enacted in 1968, this act made it illegal to refuse to rent or sell a dwelling based on race, color, or religion.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
This 1969 event in Greenwich Village is seen as the initial spark in the modern movement for LGBTQ+ rights
What are the stonewall riots?
Decided in 1954, this case confirmed that Mexican-Americans and all other racial groups were guaranteed equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
What is Hernandez vs Texas?
This civil rights icon and future congressman was one of the primary leaders of the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965
Who is John Lewis?
This 1957 integration event required President Eisenhower to send federal troops to protect Black students in Arkansas
What is the integration of Little Rock Central High School (or the Little Rock Nine)?
This 1990 law provided comprehensive civil rights protections for people with disabilities in public spaces and employment.
What is the ADA?
Founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, this party was formed to protect African American neighborhoods from police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This 1971 Supreme Court case established that employment practices must not have a "disparate impact" on protected groups.
This NAACP attorney argued Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This 1965 march for voting rights resulted in a brutal attack on protesters by state troopers, known as "Bloody Sunday
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
This 1972 law prohibited gender-based discrimination in federally funded education programs
What is title 9?
Following the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955, his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral to show the world the brutality of segregation.
Who is Maime Til Mobley?