A group of white activists and African American leaders who fought to bring attention to African American discrimination.
What is the NAACP?
100
First African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
An Islam African American activist
Who is Malcolm X?
100
Schoolteacher who noticed that many of her Mexican American students were living unfairly. She met with Cesar Chavez to help the Mexican American Civil Rights movement.
Who is Dolores Huerta?
200
Constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
An ordinary baptist in Atlanta who became the most influential leader during the Civil Rights movement
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
A Great Society act that helped preserve the environment
What is the Wilderness Preservation Act?
300
The Supreme Court case that decided "seperate but equal" facilities were OK
What is Plessy vs Ferguson?
300
The famous speech delivered at the March on Washington.
What is "I Have a Dream"?
400
A cartoon character that negatively portrayed African Americans
Who is Jim Crow?
400
An organization created to get young people involved in the Civil Rights movement.
What is the SNCC?
400
This president supported integration but feared losing support from the Southern Democrats
Who was President John F. Kennedy?
500
African Americans left the South to look for better job opportunities in the North
What is The Great Migration?
500
The Supreme Court Case that declared "seperate but equal" unconstitutional