School Segregation
This African-American girl was the first to attend an all-white school.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
This man, who delivered the "I have a dream" speech, is considered to be the father of the civil rights movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
This American president led the country during the civil war.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This word defines the action of setting someone apart from others.
What is segregation?
This president, born in Hawaii, was America's first African-American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
This was the name of the group of African-American students who faced backlash for enrolling in an all-white high school.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
This woman was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This war took place in America between the years 1861 and 1865.
What is the Civil War?
Racial segregation was made illegal in the United States in this year.
What is 1964?
This president began to write laws integrating aspects of American society before he was assassinated in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy (aka JFK)?
This painter created the work "The Problem We All Live With".
Who is Norman Rockwell?
This non-violent form of protest occurs when a group of people decide to stop using a certain service or stop buying a certain product.
boycott
Eleven states seceded from the United States to form this group which fought against the Union Army during the Civil War.
What is the Confederate States of America (aka the Confederacy)?
In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr. led a boycott of this system of public transport in Montgomery, Alabama for 382 days.
What is the bus system?
This American president was responsible for signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
Melba Pattillo Beals went to Central High School in this U.S. state.
What is Arkansas?
Melba Pattillo Beals wrote this book to recount her story of school integrqtion.
Warriors Don't Cry
This word is used to describe a form of entertainment in which a white person paints his/her face to imitate a black person.
What is blackface?
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this, his most famous speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
What is the "I have a dream" speech?
This group, known for wearing white hoods and burning crosses, was responsible violent acts against African-Americans between the end of the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (aka KKK)?
These officials protected Ruby Bridges on her way to school.
What are U.S. Marshals?
This organization that champions the rights of African-American citizens is usually referred to as the NAACP.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This Supreme Court case established the "separate but equal" law.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech from the steps of this memorial in Washington, D.C.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
This Virginia state capital served as the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is Richmond, Virginia?