Laws and cases
The crucial law that made segregation and discrimination illegal in 1964
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Martin Luther King Jr. gave this legendary speech at the illustrious March on Washington
What is the "I Have A Dream" speech?
A crucial member in the fight for civil rights who was arrested in Birmingham and preached for non-violence
Who is Martin Luther King?
Court decision that ruled "separate but equal" facilities did not violate the Constitution
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Rosa Parks, in a planned event, was arrested for refusing to do this for a white man on a bus in Montgomery
What is giving up her seat?
A sports icon turned philanthropist and active participant in the NAACP
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The law which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, involving segregated schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Jackie Robinson walking out onto Ebbets Field with the Brooklyn Dodgers
What was the first time an African American played Major League Baseball?
This boxing champion and conscientious objector to the Vietnam War is often considered the greatest heavyweight of all time
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Louisiana law surrounding segregated buses that led to the case of Plessy v. Ferguson
What followed Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat in a nonviolent movement in Montgomery spearheaded by Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A civil rights activist, critical of King and his focus on non-violence, was a member of the Nation of Islam for a time in his life before his assassination
Who is Malcolm X?
Law passed which made racial discrimination in voting illegal
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Times when activists would ride interstate buses into segregated states, where the ban of "separate but equal" facilities went unregulated
What are the Freedom Rides?
The first African American justice on the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?