Civil Rights leaders
Who was a championship tennis player who spoke out for social change?
What is Arthur R Ashe Jr?
In this 1954 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This Virginia governor promoted racial equality and appointed more women to government positions.
Who is A. Linwood Holton Jr.?
This word means keeping races separated in public places like schools and restaurants.
What is segregation?
This happened to some Virginia schools when leaders tried to avoid desegregation.
What is schools closing?
Who was a lawyer and civil rights leader who worked for equal rights for African Americans and played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
What is Oliver W. Hill
This student led a strike at her segregated high school in Farmville in 1951.
Who is Barbara Johns?
This political leader led Virginia’s Massive Resistance movement.
Who is Harry F. Byrd, Sr.?
This word means ending segregation and allowing people of all races to attend school together.
What is desegregation?
Brown v. Board of Education caused schools to do this.
What is desegregate?
Who was the African American woman that became the first woman bank president in the United States?
Who is Maggie L. Walker?
This policy in Virginia tried to stop schools from integrating after the Brown decision.
What is Massive Resistance?
This civil rights lawyer was the NAACP’s lead attorney in Virginia.
Who is Oliver W. Hill?
This term refers to the rights that guarantee equality and freedom under the law.
What are civil rights?
Peaceful protests during the Civil Rights Movement helped bring about this.
What is greater equality / civil rights changes?
This civil rights leader served as principal of Tuskegee Institute and worked to improve opportunities for African Americans.
Who is Robert Russa Moton?
These peaceful protests involved people sitting at segregated lunch counters and refusing to leave.
What are sit-ins?
This civil rights lawyer led a sit-in protest at a library in Alexandria.
Who is Samuel Wilbert Tucker?
This describes schools where students of different races learn together.
What are integrated schools?
Low crop prices in the early 1900s caused this change in Virginia.
What is agriculture changing?
This Virginian became the first African American elected governor in the United States.
Who is L. Douglas Wilder?
This form of protest involved large groups of people walking together peacefully to demand civil rights.
What are peaceful marches?
This athlete used his success in sports to speak out against racism and inequality.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This Supreme Court decision declared that “separate but equal” schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Massive Resistance failed because it went against this country’s Constitution.
What is the United States Constitution?