This Civil Rights activist was the leader of the SCLC, gave the stirring “I Have a Dream” speech for equality, and was assassinated April 4th, 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This Supreme Court Decision forced the integration of schools overturning a previous court decision.
Brown v. Board of Education
100
During this event, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
The March on Washington
100
NAACP stands for:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
100
This proposed amendment to the Constitution was passed by congress but not ratified by the states after opposition led by Conservative groups.
Equal Rights Amendment
200
This local NAACP leader refused to give up her bus seat leading to a boycott and national recognition.
Rosa Parks
200
This Supreme Court Decision in 1896 declared that “Separate but Equal” facilities, or segregated facilities, were legal.
Plessy v. Ferguson
200
A famous example, called what, took place in Greensboro when students peacefully protested a segregated lunch counter.
Sit-In
200
SNCC stands for:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
200
This Act opened public places to people of all races and created a commission to protect equal job opportunities for all Americans.
Civil Rights Act
300
This Mexican-American helped unite migrant farm workers leading to better working conditions and benefits.
Cesar Chavez
300
The future Supreme Court justice argued in front of the Supreme Court as a lawyer for the NAACP in the case that eventually desegregated public schools in the United States.
Thurgood Marshall
300
This protest was started when a local NAACP leader refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
This group fought for handicapped citizen’s rights.
Disabled in Action
300
This Act specifically addresses Jim Crow laws in the south and allowed the Federal Government to interfere with the states if they continued to use them.
Voting Rights Act
400
This former SNCC leader coined the phrase “Black Power” and populated the movement.
Stokely Carmichael
400
This US President nominated the first African American Justice to the Supreme Court.
John F. Kennedy
400
These protests, coordinated by CORE and SNCC, had students travel south to test recent Supreme Court decisions about the integration of interstate buses and trains.
Freedom Rides
400
CORE stands for:
Congress of Racial Equality
400
Part of this Act protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
500
This former SNCC leader coined the phrase “Black Power” and populated the movement.
Stokely Carmichael
500
From 1953-1969, He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who helped lead rulings on most of the important Civil Rights cases and is considered one of the greatest justices in history.
Earl Warren
500
This is the name given to the type of protests when a person or group of people peacefully violates a law, mandate, or rule.
Civil Disobedience
500
SCLC stands for:
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
500
This Act stated that all students must be given a “free and appropriate” education regardless of disabilities.