In 2013 a statue of this civil rights icon, appearing as she did on the bus that day in 1955, was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol
Rosa Parks
In 1958 African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford
University of Mississippi
In 2013, President Obama unveiled a new statue of this "First Lady of Civil Rights" in Statuary Hall
Rosa Parks
8 years after Jackie Robinson broke in with the Dodgers, Elston Howard became the first black player on this A.L. rival
the New York Yankees
The National Civil Rights Museum is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated in this year
1968
JFK praised this 1963 demonstration that drew about 250,000 participants & culminated at the Lincoln Memorial
the March on Washington
The Congress of Racial Equality planned these 1961 trips to enforce desegregation of interstate transportation
freedom rides
This abolitionist & orator who was born into slavery in Maryland is often called the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement"
Frederick Douglass
This clause in a law signed June 23, 1972 changed women's college athletics forever
Title I.X.
From 1943 to 1956, Rosa Parks was secretary of her local chapter of this organization
the NAACP
As chief counsel for the NAACP, this future justice argued Brown V. Board of Education before the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
In 1828 actor Thomas Rice began playing a blackface character named this, a term later used to describe racist laws
Jim Crow
I would have loved to interview this civil rights hero & lawyer who helped end segregation in public schools before his historic appointment to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
In 1997 Violet Palmer took the court as the NBA's first female one of these
referee
This exhibit recreates the famous series of these protest actions that took place in 1960 in North Carolina
sit-ins
One of the original "Big Four" civil rights groups, CORE, founded in 1942, stands for the Congress of this
racial equality
Civil rights activism often includes VRDs, these "Drives" to help people participate in our democracy
voter registration
This hero of civil rights marches was first elected to represent Georgia's 5th Congressional District in 1986
John Lewis
Led by this "Big O" of basketball, Crispus Attucks High in 1955 won the USA's first state title for an all-black team
Oscar Robertson
The Greyhound bus represents these riders who bravely tried to desegregate bus stations in 1961
the Freedom Riders
Seen here is this numerical group plus their NAACP adviser who integrated Arkansas' Central High School in 1957
the Little Rock Nine
This discriminatory practice comes from the colorful borders on maps around areas where minorities found it hard to get loans or credit
redlining
In 2005, the Jackson International Airport was renamed in honor of this leader slain outside his house in 1963
Medgar Evans
When her family bought this ballclub from the Tribune Co., Laura Ricketts became MLB's first openly gay owner
the Chicago Cubs
The "Voices of Struggle" Gallery includes this woman, who told her passengers, "You'll be free or die"
Harriet Tubman