You'll miss the rain once the pollen comes out.
This half of the U.S. population found their civil rights & social standing reduced after WWII.
Who are women?
Largest non-white racial segment of the United States
Who are Latinos?
The household technology that exposed the brutality of segregation in the U.S. South
What is television?
The Shamrock Shake
What is the best seasonal item at McDonald's?
President of the SCLC.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?
Unfair treatment of someone as a matter of custom
What is de facto discrimination?
Elizabeth Eckford
Who is one of the Little Rock Nine?
An exam designed to restrict voting access.
What is a literacy test?
Unfair treatment of someone that is based on law
What is de jure discrimination?
The court case that reversed the precedent of Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The practice of charging a fee to vote
What is a poll tax?
This piece of federal legislation prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Why Mr. Neville's Mom wouldn't shop at Safeway when he was a young boy
What is there was a picket line and/or Safeway wouldn't buy UFW grapes?
Cofounder of the United Farm Workers
Who are either Caesar Chavez or Dolores Huerta?
The type of non-violent activity MLK advocated beyond basic negotiation.
What is Direct Action?
African-American leader who (early in his career) advocated for the separation of black and white communities.
Who is Malcom X?
Disenfranchisement
What is the prevention of fair and equal access and involvement in most areas of society, including voting
Document penned by MLK to fellow clergymen
What is the Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Policy dictating where certain groups may purchase real estate
What is redlining?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seal led this organization that promoted black pride and black self-sufficiency.
Who are the Black Panthers?
Future Supreme Court Justice who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Edmund Pettus
What is the name of the bridge in Selma?
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
What are Civil Rights?
Amendment that guaranteed that access to voting would not be denied for reasons of poll tax
What is the 24th Amendment?
Name of the initial protest and violent response by the police in Selma
What is Bloody Sunday?