Name that Organization!
Civil rights organization of militant African Americans with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.
Black Panthers
This group of students dealt with hatred, insults, and the Arkansas National Guard when trying to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
This type of protest was the most common during the Civil Rights Movement.
Nonviolent
This famous court case made segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
This person refused to give up their seat on a Montgomery bus which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
Civil rights organization that fought discrimination by challenging segregation laws by arguing court cases.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This is the term for separation of the races by law (legal segregation)
De Jure Segregation
This protest was done in 1961 to test the effectiveness of court orders outlawing segregation in interstate bus transportation.
Freedom Rides
Constitutional amendment that banned the poll tax as a voting requirement
24th Amendment
This person preached non-violent protests to change segregation and oppression.
Martin Luther King Jr (MLK)
This civil rights organization that was founded by Martin Luther King and other ministers in 1957.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
This is the term for separation of the races that exists because of social patterns rather than the enforcement of laws.
De Facto Segregation
This type of protest was used in which African Americans refused to leave white restaurants, beaches, libraries, etc. until they were served.
Sit-ins
Law that established a federal Civil Rights Commission to investigate violations of civil rights
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This person preached a message of self-reliance and self-protection, believing nonviolent protests encouraged white violence.
Malcolm X
Civil rights organization that was established to represent the concerns and goals of young African Americans.
Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)
What 1896 court case (that is later overturned) had the "separate but equal" clause?
Plessy v. Ferguson
This 200,000+ freedom march in the nation's capital was done to convince Congress to pass civil rights legislation.
The March on Washington
This legislation outlawed discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or national origin
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This person was a lawyer for the NAACP who worked on monumental civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.
Thurgood Marshall
Civil rights organization that was created to end discriminatory policies and called for nonviolent protest against injustice.
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Give two examples of De Facto Segregation. Then, give two examples of De Jure Segregation.
Answers will vary!
De Facto - poverty levels, job disparities, etc.
De Jure - Jim Crow laws, black codes, etc.
This march for voting rights legislation in Selma, AL ended in a violent riot by police. However, it did achieve its goal with receiving more voting rights laws!
"Bloody Sunday"/The Confrontation on Edmund Pettus Bridge
Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration
Voting Rights Act
This leader of the SNCC told African Americans to seize power where they outnumber whites and called for black-controlled unions, co-ops, & political parties
Stokely Carmichael