Key People
He gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
People walked instead of riding buses in this 1955 protest.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This case helped start school desegregation in the U.S.
The Black Panther Party believed that African Americans had the right to do this when facing police violence, including carrying firearms for protection.
What is self-defense?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
A huge 1963 march in Washington where MLK gave his famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
False or True: During the Jim Crow era, Black Americans were often denied the right to vote through practices like poll taxes and literacy tests
What is true?
Laws in the South that enforced segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This 14-year-old’s brutal murder in 1955 shocked the nation.
Who is Emmett Till?
Black and white riders rode buses together to challenge segregation.
What are the Freedom Rides?
This Supreme Court decision legalized racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Killing someone (often by hanging) without a legal trial, used to terrorize Black communities.
What is lynching?
He was a Nation of Islam minister and Black empowerment advocate.
Who is Malcolm X?
Nine African American students faced resistance when they tried to integrate a public high school in Arkansas, leading to federal intervention.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote, but discrimination still existed through other means like literacy tests and poll taxes.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Not buying something to protest it.
What is a boycott?