Rosa Parks
The year of Rosa Parks's birth
What is 1913
This date marks the true beginning of the Freedom Rides
What is May 4, 1961
This reverend was the president of Birmingham's Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Who is Fred Shuttlesworth
On this day, Rosa Parks sat in the white section of a Montgomery bus, refusing to give up her seat and resulting in her arrest
What is December 1, 1955
This group gathered civil rights volunteers from college campuses, and gathered support from many other volunteers from the public, some of whom joined the Freedom Rides
Date all NAACP offices were forced to close due to the result Attorney General John Patterson's lawsuit against the institution
What is June 1, 1956
Rosa Parks is also known as this of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
What is Mother
This is the location of the climax of violence against Freedom Riders, resulting in the firebombing of a bus
What is Anniston, Alabama
Launch date of the Birmingham Campaign
What is April 3, 1963
Number of days the boycott sparked by Rosa Parks's refusal to get up lasted in Montgomery, Alabama
What is 381
Alabama city where Riders were met with arrests, beatings, and other acts of violence with no support from police in May 1961
What is Birmingham
This "Crusade," part of the Birmingham Campaign, began on May 2, 1963 when more than 1,000 students skipped classes and gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church to march to downtown Birmingham in protest of segregation
What is the Children's Crusade
This historical event occurred after Rosa Parks sat down in the white section of a Montgomery bus and refused to give up her seat
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Birmingham group acted as contacts and general caretakers for groups of students who began arriving in the city during the May Freedom Rides
What is the ACMHR
This chief civil rights assistant of Attorney General Robert Kennedy was sent by the White House to facilitate negotiations between prominent Black citizens and representatives of Birmingham’s Senior Citizen's Council
Who is Burke Marshall