Versus (Civil Rights Court Cases)
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared that "separate but equal" public schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Education
This woman’s arrest in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 1963, children marched in this Alabama city, facing police dogs and fire hoses.
What is Birmingham?
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South from the late 1800's to the mid-1900's.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This 1896 case established the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This boycott lasted 381 days and led to a ruling that bus segregation was unconstitutional.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This activist was the face of the Black Power movement and once a member of the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery highlighted the fight for voting rights.
What is Bloody Sunday? (or the Selma March)
Segregation laws required separate facilities with this misleading phrase used to justify them.
What is “separate but equal”?
This case allowed Black students to enroll at the University of Mississippi, leading to federal intervention in 1962.
What is Meredith v. Fair?
Before Montgomery, this 1953 Louisiana city led the first major bus boycott in the South.
What is the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott?
She was a key organizer of the March on Washington and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Who is Ella Baker?
This landmark law outlawed discrimination in jobs, schools, and public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This type of segregation occurs by custom or practice, not by law.
What is de -facto segregation?
This 1967 case struck down laws banning interracial marriage across the United States.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This young woman refused to give up her seat months before Rosa Parks, inspiring many activists.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This NAACP lawyer argued Brown v. Board and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
These interracial bus riders challenged segregation in interstate travel in 1961.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This campaign, beginning in the 1950's, aimed to challenge and overturn segregation in public schools.
What is school desegregation?
This Supreme Court decision protected the right of peaceful protest, ruling that students do not shed their rights at the schoolhouse gate.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott made this 26-year-old minister a national civil rights leader.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This teen’s 1955 murder sparked national outrage and energized the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
Signed in 1965, this law banned literacy tests and protected African Americans’ right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This term described Southern rules and traditions meant to keep African Americans from voting.
What are disenfranchisement laws? (or voter suppression tactics)