Situation in the South
Ida B. Wells spoke about this in the south, describing the violence African Americans faced in the South and the dangers of mob violence.
In 1896, Plessy v. Ferguson established this segregation doctrine effectively making it legal.
What is "separate but equal?"
Thurgood Marshall would lead the Brown v. Board case and later become the first Black this.
What is Supreme Court Justice?
This law ended poll taxes, literacy tests, and created federal oversight of state elections.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This organization sought to use the legal system and courts to challenge segregation and discrimination during and after the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is the NAACP?
This is the term for the movement of African Americans from regions in the South to cities in the North.
What is the Great Migration?
This supreme court case overturned the findings of Plessy v. Ferguson, ending legal racial segregation within schools.
What is Brown v. Board?
It was upon these issues that Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois disagreed on. (*Name 2*)
What is education, means of obtaining equality, and social segregation?
This mass protest was sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks and shows that economic pressure could force change.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
While the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement sought complete political and legal equality, the earlier movement sought to protect African Americans from this.
What is Mob Violence/Lynching?
The rejection of integrated schools by white Americans that led to economic shifts away from city centers was known as this.
What is "White Flight?"
This legal act provided the legal framework to end discrimination in public places and employment nationwide.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This civil rights activist demanded equality for African Americans "by any means necessary" and led to the rise of the Black Power movement.
Who is Malcolm X?
The 1963 march in this US city built public and political pressure for new laws to be made to protect African American rights.
What is Washington D.C.?
This man served as the head of the Legal Defense Team of the NAACP in Virginia.
Who is Oliver Hill?
Virginian Massive Resistance laws led to the creation of these due to the closing of public schools, White Virginian desires to not integrate schools, and White Flight.
What are privately owned schools?
This civil rights activist led the March on Washington, utilized non-violent forms of protest, and used Christian doctrine as a basis for his speeches.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
These three tactics used by the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement to obtain equality for all Americans.
What are Boycotts, Non-Violent mass protest, and Student Walk Outs?