Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is head of what Branch in our government
Judicial
Segregation Laws in the South
Jim Crow Laws
Where did Martin Luther King JR give his I have a dream speech
Washington DC
considered the Leader of the Civil Rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr
What is Civil Disobedience
Supreme Court Case that made school segregation unconstitutional
Brown V Board 1954
The South prevented African Americans from voting by doing what?
making people take literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses
Type of protest that started at Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro North Carolina. Participates would not move until served
Sit in
Started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr was inspired by what world leader who helped India achieve Independence
Gandhi
Supreme Court Case in 1896 that allowed for segregation and the creation of Jim Crow Laws
Plessy V Ferguson
Martin Luther King Jr Marched in Washington DC to put pressure on the government to pass what bill?
The 1964 Civil Rights Act
City where the Bus Boycott Started, Lead by Rosa Parks
Montgomery Alabama
Name of the first African American in Professional Baseball
Jackie Robinson
What did the Governor of Arkansas do in 1958, the school year after the Little Rock Crisis
Close public schools in Little Rock
First African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This act ended any attempts from southern states to prevent African Americans from Voting
1965 Voting Rights Act
City Where the local police force used firehouses and dogs on children to stop African Americans from Marching
Birmingham
Name for the Students who integrated a high school in Little Rock Arkansas
Little Rock 9
Wrote a book describing the horrors of Lynching in America and a Co Founder of the NAACP
Ida B Wells
What City and State did the Case of Brown Vs the Board originally take place
Topeka, Kansas
Amendment that said every US Citizen is Equal under the Law
14th Amendment
Founded in 1909, this organization fought to secure civil rights for African Americans. What is its abbreviation, and in which area did it specifically focus its efforts?
NAACP, Legal/Court System
Student who integrated the University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Name of the Senator who gave the longest Filibuster in History to try and prevent the 1957 Civil Rights Bill from being passed
Strom Thurmond