Court Cases
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education
This boycott began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This law banned segregation in public places.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This leader gave the "I Have A Dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
What major Supreme Court decision happened in 1954?
This case allowed segregation with the ide of "seperate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech.
March on Washington
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
Fourteenth Amendment
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery.
Rosa Parks
What major civil rights march happened in 1963 in Washington D.C.?
March on Washington
This case protected students' right to wear armbands in protests.
Tinker v. Des Moines
These activists rode buses through the South to challenge segregation.
Freedom Riders
Fifteenth Amendment
This leader promoted lack empowerment and self-defense.
What protest began in 1955 in Alabama over bus segregation?
Miranda v. Arizona
Little Rock Nine
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
Nineteenth Amendment
This leader was associated with the Nation of Islam before becoming a major activists.
Malcolm X
What major event in 1961 involved activists riding buses through the South?
Freedom Riders
This case allowed schools to limit students speech if it was disruptive.
Tinker v. Des Moines
This protest involved refusing to leave segregated lunch counters.
Sit-ins (Lunch Counter Sit-ins)
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
Twenty-sixth Amendment.
This educator believed in gradual progress and vocational training for Black Americans
Booker T. Washington
What major law was passed in 1964 to end segregation in public places?
Civil Rights Act of 1964