People
He became the first African American to play in Major League baseball. Extra credit...What team did he play for?
Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn (not Los Angeles) Dodgers
This form of segregation is imposed by law.
De jure segregation
This Amendment abolished the practice of the Poll Tax.
24th Amendment
As a result of the Montommery Bus boycott ____ would emerge as a new leader in the movement and the _____ was founded to continue the fight against segregation.
Martin Luther King Jr, and the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
This Court case ruled "seperate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
He was the lead attorney in the Brown v. Board of Education landmark case. He would later beome Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
This form is segregation is imposed by customs and unwritten rules of society.
De facto segregation
The __ allowed the Federal government to abolish the practice of literacy tests and gave more power to the government to oversee elections.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
____ was a organization of both white and black students that would organize numerous peaceful protests across the nation.
SNCC or Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
This Court case ruled "seperate but not equal."
Brown v. Board of Education
These southern college students refused to give up their seat at a lunch counter. Their protest gained national attention and sparked similar protests across the nation.
The Greensboro Four
The ___ was a document signed by more than 100 congressman in protest of the Supreme Court's decision in the Brown v. Board of Education landmark case.
Southern Manifesto.
This Amendment allowed people 18-years of age to vote in elections.
26th Amendment
The purpose of the Selma, Alabama March was ____ EXTRA CREDIT...such violence was inflicted on the protestors that this event would be called ______.
to bring awareness to black voter registration in Alabama and it was called "Blood Sunday"
This Court case ruled that segregation was illegal on US Interstate Buses.
Boynton v. Virginia
These students were the first high school students to attend public school in the state of Arkansas. President Eisenhower had to send in the US National Guard to ensure their safety.
The Little Rock Nine
The __ was a political party formed in order to fight against civil rights decisons and laws.
The Dixiecrats
Where did Rosa Parks break a law for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public city bus?
Montgommery, Alabama
In 1961 the ____ tested the federal government’s willingness to enforce that segregation on interstate buses was illegal. These individual were met with horrible violence in _____, ____.
Freedom Riders and Anniston, Alabama
He was the Arksansas Governor that refused to integrate the public school system. (bad guy)
Governor Orval Faubus
He was a 14-yead old boy that was killed in Mississippi while visiting from Chicago. His death and open casket funeral would give more strength to the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till
The refusal to comply to an unjust law by peaceful protests...EXTRA CREDIT Who first used this technique?
Civil Disobedience and Gandhi during India's independence movement.
In 1948 US President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order ___ which would desegregate the US Armed Forces and military.
Executive Order 9981
In 1963 more than 1,000 students marched to City Hall to protests segregation. They were met with fire hoses and attacked by police dogs. This gains national attention and begins to shift people’s attitudes towards segregation
The Alabama Children's Crusade
This was the first case that would test the constitutionality of segregation in the US. It occurred in South Carolina.
Briggs v. Elliott