Supreme Court
Legislation
Black Power
Martin Luther King Jr.
Protests
100
This case ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
100
This piece of legislation made it illegal to discriminate based on race, gender or religion
Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
The most prominent member of the Nation of Islam; he eventually made a pilgrimage to Mecca and changed his name
Malcolm X
100
MLK became a prominent figure by helping to lead this boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
This boy's death in Mississippi in 1955 fueled outrage, especially in the black community. His mom held an open casket funeral
Emmett Till
200
This case, from 1896, said that segregation was legal, causing many states to pass Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
200
This piece of legislation was passed after the march from Selma to Montgomery
Voting Rights Act of 1965
200
This famous boxer converted to the Nation of Islam, changed his name, and was eventually stripped of his title for avoiding service in Vietnam
Muhammad Ali
200
MLK gave this speech at the March on Washington
I Have a Dream
200
The NAACP helped integrate Central High School in this southern city
Little Rock, Arkansas
300
This amendment to the US Constitution, from the Reconstruction Era, guaranteed equal protection of the laws, and was used by the court to overturn Jim Crow Laws.
14th Amendment
300
When Kennedy proposed a civil rights bill to Congress in 1963, civil rights leaders organized this event to put pressure on Congress for its passage
March on Washington
300
This man was the founder of the Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad
300
MLK studied the non-violent method of civil disobedience of this Indian leader
Gandhi
300
The number of black students integrated into Central High School in 1957
9
400
This case ruled that segregation on the interstate travel, mainly buses, was illegal. The decision sparked the freedom rides
Boynton v. Virginia
400
Violence in this city led Kennedy to propose his civil rights bill
Birmingham, Alabama
400
This group was formed in Oakland in 1966 to promote self defense against the white power structure
Black Panthers
400
MLK began to protest this war in the mid 1960s
Vietnam
400
Following a Supreme Court decision stating that interstate busing could not be segregated, CORE led this movement through the south.
Freedom Rides
500
This case ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott, stating that segregated public busing was illegal.
Browder v. Gayle
500
This president ultimately helped push through the Civil Rights Bill in 1964
LBJ
500
Stokely Carmichael coined the term "black power," which combined the rhetoric of Malcolm X with the direct action of MLK Jr. He then turned this prominent civil rights organization into a black power organization
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)
500
MLK founded this organization with other religious leaders in the south following the Montgomery Bus Boycott
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
500
The Equal Rights Amendment sought to seek equality for this group of Americans
Women
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