Key Leaders/Organizations
Protests/ movements
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Fun Facts!
100
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
100
This Supreme Court case ruled segregation in public schools to be illegal.
Brown v. Board of Education
100
In February 1960, four college students protested segregation at a lunch counter in this city.
Greensboro
100
Where was MLK assassinated?
His hotel room balcony (Memphis Tennessee)
200
Delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr
200
This protest included MLK’s I have a dream speech.
March on Washington
200
Freedom riders were protesting this kind of transportation.
Interstate transportation
200
How long did the Montgomery bus boycotts last?
381 days
300
This leader of the Nation of Islam Organization Promoted Black pride and SELF DEFENSE.
Malcolm X
300
The group of students who volunteered to attend a formerly segregated school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
300
Freedom riders began their journey in this year.
1961
300
What was the overall goal of the civil rights movement?
End segregation/equal rights
400
The civil rights organization who brought the case of the freedom riders to the supreme court. Hint: this NATIONAL organization was created before this period of the civil rights movement.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
400
Name one of the three things that the Civil Rights act of 1964 did.
equal employment for all, limited the use of voter literacy tests, allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated
400
Which supreme court case decision ruled the segregation of interstate transportation to be unconstitutional?
Boynton v. Virginia
400
What stance did Malcolm X have against white aggression?
By any means necessary
500
This organization was created after Parks’ arrest, they then went on to organize boycotts following the arrest.
MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association)
500
In Selma to Montgomery march, protesters were blocked as they entered the Edmund Pettus Bridge they were blocked by local and state law enforcement who viciously beat the protesters, what is the name of this event?
Bloody Sunday
500
This student lead organization was launched through the help of peaceful sit-ins.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
500
A Freedom Riders' bus was firebombed in this Alabama city.
Anniston