Major Events
MLK gave his "I Have A Dream" Speech here were over 250,000 people gathered for job equality and civil rights
What is the March on Washington?
Who is Rosa Parks?
This doctrine from Plessy v. Ferguson upheld segregation and Jim Crow laws.
What is "separate but equal?"
This young boy was lynched and thrown into the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. His mother had an open-casket funeral that received world-wide attention on the brutality of Jim Crow.
Who is Emmett Till?
This Civil Rights leader advocated for self-defense, Black nationalism, and violence if necessary.
Who is Malcolm X?
This year-long boycott happened after Rosa Parks was arrested.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
She integrated an elementary school at just six years old.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools in unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board? / Brown v. Board of Education?
He was the youngest speaker at the March on Washington and gave his famous "The Revolution is at Hand" speech. He was also on the front lines at the Selma March.
Who is John Lewis?
He was the leader of the SCLC; a minister who believed in nonviolent protest. He is the most famous face of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Young children peacefully marched to protest segregation at this event; however, they were met with fire hoses, arrests, and police dogs
What is the Birmingham Children's Crusade?
She was a grassroots organizer who mentored the SNCC college students during their protests. She helped to found both SNCC and SCLC.
Who is Ella Baker?
This discriminatory practice allowed banks to deny Black people loans for housing and businesses; it created suburban areas and contributed to the racial wealth gap.
What is redlining?
This activist co-founded and became the first leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
They were the first group to integrate a high school in Arkansas but were met with mobs and the National Guard. The president had to send in federal troops to protect them.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
The KKK bombed a church leading to the deaths of four young Black girls.
What is the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing?
She was the FIRST woman outside of the South to lead a grassroots Civil Rights movement. She supported armed defense and is famously known for the photos of her pushing past armed National Guards to speak to a crowd.
Who is Gloria Richardson?
What is the Clark doll test?
He was assassinated because of his work as an NAACP field secretary.
Who is Medgar Evers?
This activist founded the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama to help Black people register to vote and gain political power; his panther symbol later become the logo for the Black Panther Party
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
College students sat at lunch counters in South Carolina to protest segregation. They were attacked, spit on, insulted, and threatened by employees and white patrons.
What are the Greensboro sit-ins?
She was the leader of the National Council of Negro Women and helped to organize major civil rights events like the March on Washington.
Who is Dorothy Height?
These policies were put into place in 1968 to increase access to education and jobs for marginalized groups.
What is affirmative action?
Malcolm X was a famous follower of this Muslim organization that focused on Black nationalism.
What is the Nation of Islam?
This organization was associated with the Black Power Movement and focused on self-defense and community uplift.
What is the Black Panther Party?