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
True or False: In 1950 pop culture, television, movies, and radio, were different all over the country. The provided viewer/listeners with hundreds of choices.
False
?African American Males have the right to vote
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
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?
14th Amendment
People who worked towards social change were called
activists
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.
The March on Washington
What social and political movement led to African American student going to school with white students?
Integration
to stop buying or using a something as a means of protest
boycott
Lawyer who argued that having separate schools violated the 14th Amendment.
Thurgood Marshall
hating someone because of their skin color
racism
Which president pass and executive order that ended segregation in the military?
Harry Truman
Supreme court case that declared "Separate is UNEQUAL" which led to school integration.
Brown V Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
This led to the development and growth of suburbs after World War II.
Soldier returning home from war and wanting to start families.
A Civil Rights leader famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Dr. Martin Luther King JR
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used for?
decrease amount of blacks voting
True or False: After the legal segregation of schools ended, it became easy for African-American students to attend all-white schools.
False
Which act was passed in 1964 and ended segregation?
This Civil Rights Act
What invention in the 1950s changed the way Americans received news and entertainment.
Television