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100
His main principle was modeled under Ghandi's civil disobedience in the 1950's
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
100
Forced black americans to work under conditions that closely resembled slavery?
Black codes
100
A rise in african american culture through literature and art in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
An ardent violent racist group toward African Americans.
Who is the Ku Klux Klan
100
An Illinois senator who later became the 44th president of the United States
Who is Barack Hussein Obama
200
He, along with Stokely Carmichael opposed MLK's strategy of nonviolent demonstrations
Who is Malcom X?
200
These acts provided federal protection for black voters and desegregated all public facilities
What are Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act?
200
Blacks and whites united here to pressure congress to pass the Civil Rights Acts
What is the March in Washington?
200
Was founded in 1909 by W. E. B. DuBois and fought for African American rights.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
started the Montgomery Bus Boycott by not giving up her seat
Who is Rosa Parks
300
He believed that blacks should accept segregation and discrimination and reach economic stability before asking before asking for civil rights
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
Reversed the decision in Plessy vs Ferguson in schools
What is Brown vs. Board of education?
300
A group of civil protesters who tried to desegregate busses in the South
Who are the Freedom Riders?
300
Was an organization lead by MLK which preached non violence such as the march in Birmingham Alabama
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
300
A group of students who were the first to enter an all white school under the new law set by the case Brown vs. Board of Education
Who are The Little Rock Nine
400
His theory is identified with black economic development and pan-africanism
Who is Marcus Garvey?
400
Stated that "separate but equal" Public facilities for blacks was legal and led to an increase in Jim Crow Laws in the south
What is Plessy vs Ferguson?
400
A series of nonviolent strikes that college students staged in order to desegregate public facilities
What is the Sit-in strike
400
Founded in 1942 this group's strategy advocated nonviolent direct actions especially sit-ins, jail-ins and freedom riders
What is Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE)
400
Free african-americans who worked the land owned by whites, this system led to a cycle of debt and depression for southern tenant farmers
Who are ShareCroppers
500
African American woman who supported anti-lynching laws and feminist movements
Who is Ida B. Wells?
500
A compromise that removed federal troops from the south and gave power back to whites, which led to an increase in racism towards blacks
What is the compromise of 1877?
500
This group violently sought to establish economic, social and political equality across gender and color lines
Who are the Black Panthers?
500
A group of african-american students from North Carolina who fought for racial equality, an example being the sit-ins in Woolworth's lunch counter.
What is Students Non-Violent Coordinating Commite (SNCC)
500
An avid civil rights activist who believed the talented tenth would improve social status for the masses and wanted an immediate end to discrimination
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
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