People
Significant leader of the Civil Rights Movement who emphasized peaceful protest, led the March on Washington, and delivered the "I Have a Dream Speech".
Martin Luther King Jr.
Amendment that abolished slavery
13th amendment
White supremacist terrorist group that practices extreme racial discrimination and hate often through violent means
KKK
The unjust, prejudicial treatment of different groups of people
discrimination
A prominent African American Civil Rights journalist and suffragist who fought against lynching and sexism.
Ida B Wells
Refused to give up her seat for a white man leading to her arrest and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
Discriminatory laws primarily in the South that enforced segregation policies
Jim Crow Laws
Focused on racial equality, civil rights, and securing the rights promised by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
NAACP
Formal change/addition to the law
Amendment
Amendment that granted suffrage to black males
15th amendment
Civil Rights leader and former Nation of Islam leader who emphasized the importance of black pride self defense by any means necessary. His teachings guided the Black Power Movement
Supreme Court Ruling that declared "separate but equal" policies were legal
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Group that addressed issues like police brutality and racial hate crimes by emphasizing the importance of self defense, advocating for social justice.
Black Panther Party
A coordinated effort to avoid buying products/services from a company as a form of protest
Boycott
Assessments of a person's ability to read and write as a prerequisite for voting
Literacy Test
A founding member of the NAACP, primary editor of The Crisis, and the first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard
W.E.B. DuBois
Court case that outlawed segregation in schools
Nine African American Students who defied segregation by enrolling at an white Central High School. Governor Faubus ordered the state's National Guard to block their entry, causing an uproar within the Civil Rights movement
Little Rock Nine
Form of protest where activists occupy a business and refuse to leave unless their demands are met
Sit-in
Civil Rights Organization founded by Dr. MLK Jr. to end segregation through non-violent protest
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
This figures brutal murder brought national attention to racial violence and injustice in the South, leading to increased activism and legal challenges against discrimination.
Emmett Till
Law that banned literacy tests as a means of registering to vote
Voting Right Act of 1965
A group of white and black activists who traveled to he South to integrate bus terminals and interstate buses
Freedom Riders
Era following the Civil war which adopted the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. This era sparked the beginning of many Civil Rights efforts.
Reconstruction Era
President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson