Civil Right's Leaders
An American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This court case allowed segregation in the United States.
What is Plessey vs. Ferguson?
Texas _________ segregation in schools prior to the Brown vs. Board court case.
a. outlawed
b. required
c. didn't have any laws about
What is B (required)?
What organization picked/prepared students for their opportunity to go to Little Rock Central (all white school).
What is the NAACP?
School superintendent in Omaha that did not support the Brown vs. Board of Education decision (FIRST AND LAST NAME) -HINT: A high school is named after him-
Who is Harry Burke?
An activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This court case made segregation in school illegal.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Nebraska _________ segregation in schools prior to the Brown vs. Board court case.
a. outlawed
b. required
c. didn't have any laws about
What is C (didn't have any laws about)?
Which president had to combat Governor Faubus's actions of bringing in the National Guard?
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
Civil Rights activist that had an intense ideology. So much so that he had to serve jail time... You can find his landmark on 36th and Evans.
Who is Malcolm X?
An American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Who is Katherine Goble OR Katherine Johnson?
What is the 14th amendment?
Iowa _________ segregation in schools prior to the Brown vs. Board court case.
a. outlawed
b. required
c. didn't have any laws about
What is A (outlawed)?
What did Governor Faubus do in the year following the integration of Little Rock’s High Schools?
What is closing the school to prevent any more African American enrollment?
The first truly segregated elementary school in Omaha.
What is Long Elementary?
An American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also was a lawyer in the NAACP to pushed equality in the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This president desegregated the military.
Who is Harry Truman?
Where Martin Luther King would give his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech.
Where is Washington D.C.?
Two pro-segregation groups formed to oppose integration at Little Rock Central
Who is the Capital Citizens Council OR the Mother’s League of Central High School?
This man sued God.
Who is Ernie Chambers?
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (it was a president).
Location of the school Linda Brown had to attend (town name and state)?
Where is Topeka, Kansas?
When Brown vs. Board was brought to the Supreme Court... Why did 4 judges originally oppose the integration process?
What is Federalism, or states rights?
Who is Ernest Green?
The US government sued Omaha Public Schools for maintaining segregated schools in what year?
When is 1976?