Jim Crow Laws
Separate but equal
What was the theory of the Jim Crow Laws?
Yes, they were racists.
Was the KKK a racist organization?
Yes, she sat in the back of the bus.
Did Rosa Parks sit in the back of the bus?
He was born on January 15, 1929.
When was he born?
1964
When did the Civil Righs Act pass?
1876
When did Jim Crow Laws pass?
No, they were a fraternity in the beginning
Were they always a terrorist organization?
Because she didn't leave her seat to a white man.
Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
His father was a minister
What did his father do?
What was his father's job?
It meant the end of legal segregation and discrimination
What did the Civil Rights Act mean?
They were separated in public places, for example: school, theaters, buses, restaurants.
Where were blacks and whites separated during segregation?
The Klan spread to every state in the South.
Where did the Klan spread?
Where was the Klan active?
Where was Martin Luther King murdered?
He organized boycott, sit-ins, peaceful demonstrations...
What type of actions did MLK lead?
What actions did he organize to fight segregation?
It was the fact that black kids and white kids could now go to the same school.
What was the principle of school desegregation
No. White people could sit in the front of the bus, but black people had to sit in the back of the bus
Could black people sit in the front of the bus?
1865
When was the KKK created?
It lasted over a year (380 days)
How long did the bus boycott last?
I have a Dream
What was the name of the speech he gave in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial?
She was the first black girl to go to a white school.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
88 years
How long were the Jim Crow Laws in place?
How long did the Jim Crow Laws last?
Black people were whipped for refusing to work for whites, for having intimate relationships with whites, for reading a book or simply for being blacks.
Why where black people whipped (by the KKK) ?
Martin Luther King
Who organized the bus boycott in Montgomery?
He went 2 times.
How many times did MLK go to jail?
They were a discriminatory practise designed to stop black people from voting.
What were literacy tests?