Legislation
This Executive Order from Abraham Lincoln freed all enslaved people from the Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
This person started a boycott by not giving up her seat
Rosa Parks
This person led the nonviolent movement through speeches like "I Have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
This region is where most Jim Crow laws were enacted
The South
The 13th Amendment does this
This young boy was beaten brutally
Emmett Till
This person was the President who sent federal troops to help the Little Rock 9
This is where 9 students went to school, needing the help of federal troops
Little Rock, Arkansas
The 14th Amendment does this
Grants citizenship to anyone born in the USA and grants equal protection to citizens
This person believed in "black separatism" and did not want to work with white citizens to create equality.
Malcolm X
This is the court case that ended segregation in schools
Brown Vs. Board (Of Topeka Kansas)
This city is the site of a major bus boycott
Montgomery, Alabama
The 15th Amendment does this
Grants the right to vote to all men over the age of 21 regardless of race
This group sat in the "Whites Only" section of a diner in North Carolina
Greensboro Four
This is the court case that originally said Separate but Equal was OK
Plessy V Ferguson
This is the city where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech
Washington DC
This law, signed by Lyndon B Johnson, ended segregation in public spaces.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is the Arkansas Governor who sent in the Arkansas National Guard to stop the Little Rock 9
Governor Orvill Faubus
This person was chief of Public Safety in Birmingham, Alabama during a non-violent march
Bull Connor
This city is where Emmett Till was from
Chicago