Dream Makers
He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became the face of non-violent protest in America.
Martin Luther King Jnr
This 1963 demonstration in Washington, D.C., drew a quarter of a million people.
the March to the Lincoln Memorial
The State where the first black students were enrolled
Arkansas
This slogan, popularized by Stokely Carmichael, called for racial pride and self-determination.
Black Power
White supremacist group that used violence and intimidation against African Americans.
KKK/ Ku Klux Klan
This leader of the Nation of Islam later became an advocate for black self-determination before his assassination in 1965.
Malcolm X
These protests began in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, when students challenged segregated lunch counters.
Sit-in Strikes
In 1957, these nine students integrated Central High School in Arkansas, they were?
the Little Rock Nine
This organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, advocated for armed self-defense and community programs.
Black Panther Party
This 1964 law made racial discrimination in public places illegal.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
She sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
Rosa Parks
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery helped lead to the Voting Rights Act.
What is the Selma March?
She was famously photographed walking alone into Central High School surrounded by an angry mob.
Who is Elizabeth Eckford
This 1968 event saw two African American athletes raise black-gloved fists on the Olympic medal podium.
Black Power Salute
This 1965 law outlawed discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This activist was the first president of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later joined the BPP
Stokley Carmichael
In this 1963 campaign, police used dogs and fire hoses against children protesters.
What is the Birmingham Campaign?
This Arkansas governor tried to block school integration using the National Guard.
Gov Faubus
He broke from the Nation of Islam in 1964 and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity
Malcolm X
This Supreme Court case in 1954 overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
This U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Lyndon B Johnson
This 1964 campaign focused on registering African Americans to vote in Mississippi.
Freedom Summer?
This president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This person was gunned down during their protest and led to Stokeley Carmichael eventually joining the BPM
James Meredith
This president sent the Civil Rights Bill to Congress in 1963, calling it a “moral issue."
John F Kennedy