WWII & Early Efforts
This Executive Order banned discrimination in defense jobs.
Executive Order 8802
This Supreme Court case outlawed school segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education
This organization used legal action to fight for civil rights.
NAACP
This campaign included the Children’s Crusade and police violence in Alabama.
Birmingham Campaign
This amendment banned poll taxes.
24th Amendment
This campaign called for victory abroad and victory at home.
Double V Campaign
These nine students integrated Central High School in Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
This group of students organized sit-ins and was encouraged by MLK.
SNCC
These activists tested segregation on interstate buses.
Freedom Riders
This law outlawed discrimination in public places and jobs.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This president desegregated the military with Executive Order 9981.
Harry Truman
This 6-year-old integrated a New Orleans school with federal escort.
Ruby Bridges
This organization used nonviolent direct action in places like Chicago.
CORE
This march gathered 250,000 people and featured MLK’s famous speech.
March on Washington
This act outlawed literacy tests and protected voting rights.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This committee was created to investigate civil rights issues under Truman.
Committee on Civil Rights
This follow-up case ordered integration with “all deliberate speed.”
Brown II
This term describes nonviolent protest methods like sit-ins and marches.
civil disobedience
This voter registration drive in Mississippi saw the death of 3 activists.
Freedom Summer
This act included the Fair Housing Act.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
A violent attack on this Black veteran pushed Truman toward civil rights action.
Isaac Woodward
This student integrated Ole Miss and sparked a riot.
James Meredith
This term refers to discrimination by law, like Jim Crow laws.
de jure discrimination
This march included “Bloody Sunday” on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Selma to Montgomery Marches
This act required approval for changes to voting laws in certain states.
Voting Rights Act of 1965