People
Civil Rights
Voting Rights
Black Nationalism
Vocabulary
100
14 year old boy murdered in Mississippi for speaking to a white lady.
Who is Emmett Till
100
Court case that overturned Plessy v Ferguson, stating separate but equal was unconstitutional, and called for integration in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Ed
100
Test that everyone had to pass in order to register to vote.
What is Literacy test
100
Preached aggressive action in order to obtain rights.
Who is Malcolm X
100
Non Violent refusal to obey the law in order to change the law
What is Civil Disobedience
200
Refused to give up bus seat to a white person and was arrested.
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Event in which African Americans stopped using public transportation in order to end segregation.
What is Montgomery Bus Boycott
200
Event in which volunteers went to the South to help African Americans register to vote and suffered beatings and attacks by the KKK.
What is Freedom Summer
200
Were taking place in major cities during the late 60's in response to defacto segregation and police oppression.
What is Riots and looting
200
Bringing people of different races together
What is Integration
300
Was the police commissioner of Birmingham, Alabama who authorized the violent treatment of the protestors.
Who is "Bull" Connor
300
African American students who were not allowed to attend Central High School by the Governor of Arkansas and mobs of white citizens are known as
What is Little Rock Nine
300
Reason why many African Americans were afraid to register to vote.
What is the death threats from the KKK.
300
Extremist group that emerged from the teachings of Malcolm X.
What is Black Panthers
300
Statutes or laws that required segregation of races
What is Jim Crow
400
SCLC member who was assassinated after President Kennedy's televised speech on civil rights.
Who is Medgar Evers
400
Event that was meant to bring attention to the Civil Rights Bill proposed by President Kennedy.
What is March on Washington
400
Event in which there had to be a second attempt because the first was stopped by force by state troopers and called "Bloody Sunday"
What is Selma March
400
Organization, also called black muslims dedicated to separation and self-help of the African American Community
What is Nation of Islam
400
A belief in the separate identity and racial unity of the African American community, looking towards their ancestry in Africa.
What is Black Nationalism
500
Was the Attorney General of the United States.
Who is Robert Kennedy
500
Event in which high school and middle school students (Children) left school and protested against segregation publicly.
What is Birmingham, Alabama
500
Two laws that were passed to help African Americans be able to vote
What is 24th Amendment and Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
Difference between Dejour Segregation and Defacto Segration
What is Dejour segregation is segregation by law, whereas defacto segregation is segregation by social norms or conditions
500
Constitutional Amendment which outlawed the poll tax.
What is 24th Amendment
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