Key Events
This protest involved African Americans refusing to ride city buses.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
This woman refused to give up her bus seat.
Rosa Parks
Which act outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is the term used to describe refusing to to use a service to force change?
Boycott
This 1963 march featured a famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
The March on Washington
This leader gave a speech at the March on Washington. Name the SPEECH AND PERSON.
"I have a dream" - Martin Luther King Jr.
Which act banned literacy tests as a requirement?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Traveling across state lines to challenge segregation laws are called what?
Freedom Rides
This protest involved students sitting at segregated lunch counters.
The Sit-In Movement
Works to abolish discrimination to achieve civil rights.
NAACP
What did the Executive Order of 9981 do?
Banned segregation of the armed forces.
Public gatherings to raise awareness and demand change.
Marches
This 1965 event involved marches in Alabama for voting rights.
March on Selma
Grassroots movement by young civil rights activists
SNCC
What did Brown v. Board of Education establish?
Found segregated schools unconstitutional.
Students organizing protests and activism.
Grassroots Organizing
5,000 school students skipped school to end segregation for what event?
The Children's March
This man attempted to enroll at "Ole Miss".
James Meredith
Name 2 presidents that served in the 1950s.
Truman and Eisenhower
What is the term used for peaceful protests and activism.
First word is Civil _________
Civil Disobedience