Prominent People, Events and Organizations
A group of African American students enrolled in Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by a crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school.
Who are "The Little Rock Nine?"
A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
What is segregation?
What is "a thousand words?"
An American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
Who is "Ruby Bridges?"
When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School to keep the nine students from entering the school, I ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to insure the safety of the "Little Rock Nine" and that the rulings of the Supreme Court were upheld.
Who is "President Eisenhower?"
Asing peaceful means rather than force, especially to bring about political or social change.
What is "non-violent?"
Having the opposite of the desired effect.
What is "counterproductive?"
On the evening of August 14, 1908, after being accused of unrelated sexual assault and murder crimes, two black men were sitting in jail. Tension was rising, as a large mob of about 5,000 white people were gathering outside, trying to take matters into their own hands.
What is the "Springfield Race Riot?"
An American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Who is "Martin Luther King, Jr.?"
Movement of African Americans out of the rural Southern States.
What is the "Great Migration?"
Take a machine or structure to pieces.
What is "dismantle?"
A United States civil rights organization set up in 1909 to oppose racial segregation and discrimination by nonviolent means.
What is the "NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?"
At the NAACP, I headed the team that challenged the legality of segregation.
Who is "Thurgood Marshall?"
What are "Civil Rights?"
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
I am an American painter known for my portrayal of African-American historical subjects and contemporary life. One of my more famous works is known as the Migration Series.
Who is "Jacob Lawrence?"
An American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.
Who is "Malcolm X?"
A legal arrangement with regard to agricultural land in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land
What is "Sharecropping?"
This month was created to focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States. It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today.
What is "Black History Month?"