Famous People
Who was the famous civil right leader who promoted nonviolent protest?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What type of segregation was seen in the south?
De Jure
1890 Supreme Court case said that segregation was constitutional as long as it was equal
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Member of the Nation of Islam who advocated for the separation of races?
Malcolm X
The 1963 March on Washington pulled in how people to support economic equality and civil rights
250000
Who was a more radical African American civil rights activist?
Malcolm X
What type of segregation was seen in the north?
De Facto
This law outlawed discrimination in public places based on race, religion or national origin?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the highlight of the March on Washington?
"I Have a Dream," speech
Who was the first African American to break the color line and play professional baseball?
Jackie Robinson
In 1948, President Truman decided to desegregate what?
The military
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 establish?
Civil Rights Commission
Whose arrest started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Which 1955-56 protest wanted to put an end to segregation on public transportation?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This civil rights activist helped desegregate the University of Mississippi by helping James Meredith enroll?
Medger Evans
What did CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
Which law banned literacy test for voting registration
Voting Rights Act
This Alabama Governor supported segregation and did everything to stop integrating schools?
George Wallace
African American marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge were attacked by police on what day?
Bloody Sunday
Who was the Supreme Court Justice who led the decision to end segregation in schools?
Who is Earl Warren
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
What amendment got rid of poll taxes?
24 Amendment
This civil rights attorney eventually became a Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Where were the worst of the race riots after Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act?
Watts, Los Angeles