Civil Rights
Jim Crow laws-enforced strict separation of the races in the South separated people in these locations
Schools, hospitals, transportation, and restaurants
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through...
nonviolent passive resistance.
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
It helped de-segregate buses in America
The statement, "There should be no more segregation of blacks and whites on buses" was part of what protest.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Name some of the impacts of segregation
African Americans received low-paying jobs
Higher rates of poverty and illiteracy
Lower rates of homeownership and life expectancy
Couldn’t vote in the south
Martin Luther King Jr gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech at what event?
March on Washington
CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using..
sit-ins.
The policy of "separate but equal" was used to
justify the practice of legal racial segregation.
What is one way that Thurgood Marshall contributed to the Civil Rights movement?
He won the court case Brown v. Board of Education which led to the desegregation of public schools.
In what city did brutal violence against demonstrators lead to Dr. King being jailed?
Birmingham, Alabama
In 1955, an African-American women, was coming home from work and was very tired. She sat in the bus and refused to give her seat. What was her name?
Rosa Parks
This law banned all literacy tests that kept many African Americans from voting.
Voting Rights Act
In 1954 Linda Brown’s parents wanted her to attend the school close to her home. This case is commonly known as...
Brown vs Board
What is a famous piece of writing that MLK wrote while in jail?
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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.
Ruby Bridges
During which event did Eisenhower send troops to Arkansas in order to desegregate a high school?
Little Rock Nine
What group during the Civil Rights Movement allowed members to use all necessary means to defend and provide for their community?
Black Panthers
How many times was MLK arrested?
29 times
This law ended all racial discrimination in public facilities such as restrooms, restaurants, buses, movie theaters, and swimming pools.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which group worked to fight segregation and other inequalities primarily through the courts?
NAACP