Key People
Major Events
Court Cases & Laws
Vocabulary & Concepts
Opposition
100
This leader promoted nonviolent protest and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)?
100
This 1955-1956 protest challenged segregation on public buses
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
This Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
What are Jim Crow laws?
100
This Birmingham public safety commissioner became famous for using fire hoses and police dogs on protesters
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Who is Bull Connor?
200
This activist refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This 1963 event featured MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech
What is the March on Washington?
200
This 1964 law outlawed segregation in public places
What is the Civil Rights Act?
200
The separation of people based on race
What is segregation?
200
This Alabama governor declared "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"
Who is George Wallace?
300
This civil rights leader led the Selma March and later became a representative in Congress
Who is John Lewis?
300
This violent 1965 event on a bridge in Alabama became known as "Bloody Sunday"
What is the Selma March?
300
This 1965 law aimed to eliminate barriers to voting for African Americans
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
300
Unfair treatment of people based on race
What is racism/discrimination?
300
This group used violence and intimidation, including lynching, to oppose civil rights
What is the KKK?
400
This 14-year-old boy's 1955 murder in Mississippi, and the decision to hold an open-casket funeral, helped spark national outrage
Who is Emmett Till?
400
This 1961 movement tested desegregation of interstate buses
What are the Freedom Rides?
400
This earlier case upheald "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
Segregation that exists in practice due to social and economic factors, even without laws requiring it
What is de facto segregation?
400
The acquittal of the men accused of murdering Emmett Till highlighted this major issue in the legal system
What is injustice/bias?
500
This member of the Little Rock 9 was photographed being harassed while trying to enter Central High School in 1957
Who is Elizabeth Eckford?
500
This 1957 event required federal troops to enforce school integration in Arkansas
What is the Little Rock 9?
500
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
500
Segregation that is enforced by laws, such as Jim Crow laws in the South
What is de jure segregation?
500
These unfair tests, often given to Black voters in the South, were designed to make it difficult or impossible for them to register to vote
What are literacy tests?