Civil Rights Movement

Key Figures

100

He delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking a city-wide boycott.

Rosa Parks

300

This civil rights leader became known for his phrase “By any means necessary.”

Malcolm X

Major Events

100

This 1963 event brought over 250,000 people to the nation’s capital for jobs and freedom.

The March on Washington

200

In 1965, civil rights activists were attacked by police as they marched from Selma to Montgomery.

Bloody Sunday

300

This 1957 crisis involved federal troops escorting nine Black students into a previously all-white high school.

The Little Rock Nine integration

Landmark Legislation

100

This 1964 act banned segregation in public places and employment discrimination.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

200

This law passed in 1965 outlawed literacy tests and allowed federal oversight of voter registration.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

300

Signed in 1968, this act prohibited discrimination in housing sales and rentals.

The Fair Housing Act

Organizations & Protests

100

This organization, founded in 1909, is one of the oldest civil rights groups in the U.S.

The NAACP

200

College students formed this group in 1960 to organize nonviolent protests across the South.

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

300

This 1960 protest movement began at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Greensboro sit-ins