civil rights figures
Who was famous for his "I have a dream speech?"
Who is Martin Luther King
This boycott began after Rosa Parks was arrested.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This word means separating people by race
What is segregation?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
These laws enforced segregation in the South before the movement.
What were Jim Crow laws?
He was a leader of the Nation of Islam and later a prominent Black activist until his assassination in 1965.
Who is Malcom X
In 1963, thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial for jobs and freedom.
What is the March on Washington?
MLK believed strongly in this peaceful method of protesting.
What is nonviolence?
This law banned discrimination in public places in 1964
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This amendment ended slavery in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
She was called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
These riders tested bus integration laws across the South and faced violence.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
Refusing to buy or use something as a form of protest.
What is a boycott?
This 1965 law protected every citizen’s right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Schools used this method to mix students of different races.
What is busing?
This civil rights leader was one of the original Freedom Riders and spoke at the March on Washington when he was only 23 years old.
Who is John Lewis?
Bloody Sunday took place during this series of marches in Alabama.
What are the Selma to Montgomery marches?
When people of all races can use the same spaces, it’s called this.
What is integration?
This Supreme Court case struck down laws banning interracial marriage.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
He became the first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
He was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and helped argue Brown v. Board.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This 1964 campaign brought students to Mississippi to help register Black voters.
What was Freedom Summer?
This term refers to unfair treatment based on race, gender, or other traits.
What is discrimination?
This Reconstruction amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This act of 1968 banned discrimination in housing
What is the Fair Housing Act?