Civil Rights People
An African-American woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger
Rosa Parks
The separation of the races
Segregation
Young people who went to segregated lunch counters participated in what became known as
Sit-ins
Sets of mainly southern laws that legalized racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
hating someone because of their skin color is a form of ______.
racism
The amendment that stated African American Males have the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment
Bringing all the races back together
Integration
Rosa Parks arrest led to a 1 year boycott of what form of public transportation
Bus Boycott
What was the ruling in Plessy vs Ferguson in 1896?
Hint: Three words
"Separate but equal"
using peaceful means to bring about change
nonviolence
If you were born in the U.S. you have equal rights.
What amendment am I?
The 14th Amendment
People who worked towards social change were and are called...
Activists
In 1963, 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to ask Congress to make a law that would give African Americans equal rights and quality education. It is also where MLKJ gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
The March on Washington
These practices came before Jim Crow Laws, and began right after slavery was abolished in 1865.
Black Codes
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
The last name of the couple who won their case against Virginia, holding that The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits governments from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race.
Loving
These rights declared that one must be told their rights when they are arrested.
What are The Miranda Rights?
Alabama Governor who protested blacks registering for school
George Wallace
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration in 1954.
Brown Vs Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
not in agreement with the US Constitution
unconstitutional
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
True or False: Most protesters during the Civil Rights Movement were violent.
True or False: After the legal segregation of schools ended, it became easy for African-American students to attend all-white schools.
False
This Civil Rights Act was passed to end all segregation-YEAR?
1964
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of African American votes.