After Slavery
The time period in American history directly after slavery is known as
What is Reconstruction?
These laws legalized segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow laws?
He delivered a famous speech at the March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black College and University
This movement began after the death of Trayvon Martin and fights police brutality.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Laws passed in the South to restrict the freedom of Black people after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He believed in self-defense and Black pride and led the Nation of Islam before starting his own group.
Who is Malcolm X?
This 1992 event erupted in Los Angeles after the acquittal of police officers in a brutal beating.
What are the L.A. Riots?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
She refused to give up her seat on a train 71 years before Rosa Parks did it on a bus.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This grassroots civil rights organization was founded by ministers and led by Dr. King to coordinate nonviolent protests across the south
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
This group advocated for self-defense and ran community programs like free breakfast for kids.
Who are the Black Panthers?
This award-winning film maker is known for "Do the Right Thing" and other films that address race in America
Who is Spike Lee?
This federal agency was established to help formerly enslaved people adjust to freedom.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This type of violent public punishment was used to terrorize African Americans.
What is lynching?
This group used sit-ins and Freedom Rides to protest segregation.
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)?
She was a political activist, scholar, and member of the Communist Party USA, known for her involvement in prison reform
This term describes policies designed to address historical racial inequalities in education and employment.
What is affirmative action?
He was the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate during Reconstruction.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This 1955 murder of a 14-year old boy in Mississippi helped spark the modern Civil Rights movement
Who is Emmett Till?
This act banned discrimination in public places and employment in 1964.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What is Cointelpro?
A practice in which banks refuse to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations
What is redlining?