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Best known leader of Civil Rights Movement, who helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
African American child who played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement by attending an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
100
The separation of groups of people by race.
What is segregation?
100
This resulted in "separate but equal" being found unconstitutional. Schools would now have to integrate.
What is the Brown vs. Board of Education case?
100
Phrase that said segregation was okay because everyone had equal opportunities, facilities, and treatment. This was not really the case though.
What is "separate but equal"?
200

Lawyer and Civil Rights leader who worked for equal rights of African Americans. He played a key role in the Brown vs. BOE decision.

Who is Thurgood Marshall

200
First famous African American tennis player, who used his fame to help people and make social change.
Who is Arthur Ashe, Jr.?
200

Name of laws to keep black and white people separate but equal

What are Jim Crow Laws.

200

Where did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr give his famous speech 'I Have a Dream.'

The March on Washington

200
Congress passed this in 1964, which made segregation in public places illegal.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
300

African American woman to refuse to give up her seat

Who is Rosa Parks

300
Known for his "Pay As You Go" policy, and for leading the efforts known as Massive Resistance.
Who is Harry F. Byrd, Sr.?
300

A word that describes when a famous person is killed like JFK, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F Kennedy

What is assassination

300

This Act made it illegal to discriminate against people based on their race, ethnicity, and gender

What is Civil Rights Act

300

What state is Montgomery in?

What is Alabama
400

This president signed into law the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson

400

The president assassinated because his approval of civil rights.

JFK

400
The unfair difference in treatment of people due to their background, race, or religion.
What is discrimination?
400

This Act made it illegal to discriminate against people during voting based on their race. 

What is the Voting Rights Act

400

Congress passed this in 1965, making poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

What is the Voting Rights Act?

500

Little girl who was forced to walk over a mile to her segregated black school although there was a closer white school to her house.

Who is Linda Brown

500
A fictional character white actors would dress up as which later became the representation of "separate but equal" laws

Who is Jim Crow

500
Avoiding or not using a product or service.
What is boycott?
500

This migrant farmer helped farmers get more rights

Who is Cesar Chavez

500
Rights of citizens to equal treatment.
What are Civil Rights?