Chronology
Organizations
States
Leaders
Grab Bag
100

Which happened first--the Freedom Rides or the March on Washington?

Freedom Rides

100

Founded in 1909, a civil rights organization that works to ensure equality and justice for all people of color.

What is the NAACP

100

Ben West

Tennessee

100
She confronted Ben West on the steps of city hall

Diane Nash

100

The magazine that Mamie Till allowed to cover the death of her son.

JET MAGAZINE

200

Which happened first--the Montgomery Bus Boycott or the Sit-in Movement?

Montgomery

200

A civil rights organization that was founded in 1942 by Black and white students in Chicago. Organized the Freedom Rides

CORE

200

Orval Faubus

Arkansas

200

The ARCHITECT of the Civil Rights Movement

James Bevel

200

Which President ordered federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?

Eisenhower

300

Which happened first-Sipuel v Oklahoma or Gaines v Canada?

Gaines v Canada

300

Ella Baker helped college students organize their own organization known as....

SNCC 

300

Claudette Colvin

Alabama

300

The EDUCATOR of the Civil Rights Movement

James Lawson

300

The federal agency that outlawed segregation on interstate buses after the Freedom Rides.

Interstate Commerce Commission

400

Which happened first-Letter from Birmingham Jail or I Have A Dream speech?

Letter from Birmingham Jail

400

This group was created in 1957 after their leader became nationally recognized and drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities.

SCLC

400

Emmett Till

Mississippi

400

The leading attorney for the early cases of the NAACP LDF

Charles Houston

400

His testimony and research was crucial in the desegregation of public schools.

Kenneth Clark

500

Which happened first--Journey of Reconciliation or Morgan v Virginia

Morgan v Virginia

500

This organization formed on December 5, 1955 by black ministers and community leaders offered a model of successful local nonviolent direct action.

Montgomery Improvement Association

500

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Alabama

500

A white Harvard-educated attorney who published a report that described a legal strategy for desegregating public schools. 

Nathan Margold 

500

"Buses are a Comin'" is a song about buses arriving in what southern city? 

Jackson, Mississippi

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