Vocabulary
When a group is treated differently from another group.
What is discrimination?
A group gathers in a parade-like structure to protest.
What is a march?
I disagreed with the way Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights. I am a member of Islam.
Who was Malcolm X?
The decision of the court.
What is a decision or verdict?
What is an amendment?
Bringing separate groups together.
What is integration?
Refuse to buy a product or use a service in protest.
What is a boycott?
My parents fought for me to attend a public school close to my house.
Who was Linda Brown?
In 1954, the Supreme Court found that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown Vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
This officially granted citizenship and provided equal protection under the law for formerly enslaved.
What is the 14th Amendment?
People who protest to call attention to a cause.
What is an activist?
Encouraging black citizens to vote in an upcoming election.
What is a voter registration drive?
I argued before the Supreme Court for the Brown family in the famous Brown vs. Board of Education Case.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
In 1962, the Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for transportation facilities like bus and train stations to be racially segregated.
What is Bailey v. Patterson?
This prohibits any restriction on the right to vote. This included poll tests and voter intimidation. It followed through on the promise of the 15th Amendment.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Intolerace of a person or group based on their race.
What is discrimination?
We silently waited for three days until the change happened.
What is a sit-in?
I started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
In 1967, the Supreme Court decided that any state law that prohibits interracial marriage is unconstitutional.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This ended the practice of poll taxes in 1964. States and local governments could no longer charge citizens for the right to vote.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Keeping things or people separate.
What is segregation?
Peaceful protests.
I was president and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
He represented the Brown family in Brown V. Board of Education in 1954. He became the first African American Justice on the Supreme Court in 1967.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin. It includes discrimination at work, in public places, and in voting.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964?