Road to Civil Rights
This made slavery illegal except as a punishment for a crime
13th Amendment
This Supreme Court case stated that separate schools were by nature not equal
Brown v Board of Education
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee.
This leader pushed for Black Nationalism and was assassinated in 1965
JFK was assassinated in 1963 in this city
Dallas, Texas
What is the famous poet Maya Angelou's first body of work?
I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing
This is the group of African American high schoolers that was forced into a previously all white Arkansas school
Little Rock 9
This was the primary form of protest used by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Sit-In
MLK was the lead speaker at the end of this major protest in D.C.
March on Washington
Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
Because it includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two important figures in the abolitionist movement.
This provided a path to citizenship and also said that all people are equal under the law
14th Amendment
Eisenhower signed a Civil Rights Act in this year
1957
These 1969 riots led to the spread and wider support for the gay liberation movement
Stonewall Riots
This is the highest degree MLK earned from university and in what subject
PhD in Theology
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed literacy tests for voting and this important thing in all public places
Segregation
Jim Crow was a series of legal segregation laws, supported by this Supreme Court Case
Plessy v. Ferguson
Mr. Loye's favorite public speaker and the head of SNCC in the late 1960s
Stokely Carmichael
Brother to JFK and a friend of the civil rights movement that was assassinated in 1968
Robert or Bobby Kennedy
MLK gave his I Have a Dream Speech in front of this landmark
Lincoln Memorial
This piece of legislation made all voting laws fair and equal for all people (full name)
What grade was Ms. Wong in when she got stitches on her knee from jumping up while cleaning the chalkboard for her teacher?
2nd grade
What sport did Ms. Fu play in high school?
Soccer, Track (pole vaulting)
What kind of plant is in Room 230?
An umbrella plant
What state did Mr. Streepy grow up in?
Minnesota
Name 6/13 flags in Mr. Loye's Room
(answers may vary)