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Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
What is Martin Luther King
100
The Sit-ins protested segregation in what facilities
What is dinners/ restaurants
100
Jim Crow laws were put into place to?
What is keep African Americans from getting their full equality
100
What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and began the Montgomery bus boycott?
What is Rosa Parks
100
What does segregation mean?
What is each race is kept separate from each other
200

He was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and a close advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Who is Bayard Rustin

200
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
What is Civil Rights act of 1964
200
In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?
What is stated that separate but equal was constitutional
200

This brave member of the Little Rock Nine faced intense hostility while integrating Central High School in Little Rock, becoming a symbol of courage in the fight for civil rights.

Who is Minnijean Brown

200
What does desegregation mean?
What is the races are not kept separated from each other
300

This Indian leader’s philosophy of nonviolence and peaceful protest inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to the American Civil Rights Movement.

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

300
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved in significant numbers to the North in order to?
What is escape segregation & find better jobs
300
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
What is the segregation of American public schools was illegal
300

This U.S. president sent federal troops to enforce school desegregation in Mississippi and proposed important civil rights laws during his time in office.

Who is John F. Kennedy

300
Sometimes it is necessary to disobey unjust laws and to work to have them changed. What statement most accurately reflects this idea?
What is civil disobedience
400

This fearless SNCC leader helped organize and sustain the Freedom Rides, refusing to let violence stop the fight for desegregation in the South.

Who is Diane Nash

400
The Great Depression was hardest on blacks because?
What is blacks were the first to lose their jobs, and did not have financial savings to help them through the Great Depression
400
The main goal of the civil rights movement was to?
What is end segregation based on race
400

At just six years old, this brave girl became the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.

Who is Ruby Bridges

400

This 1955-56 boycott, sparked by Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat, successfully challenged segregation on public buses in Alabama.

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott

500

This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation and helped end slavery through the 13th Amendment, inspiring future civil rights leaders.

Who is Abraham Lincoln

500

In 1957, nine Black students made history when they faced angry mobs and the National Guard to integrate Central High School in this Southern city.

What is Little Rock, Arkansas

500
Literacy tests, Poll Taxes & the Grandfather Clause was put into place to?
What is prevent African Americans from voting
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Known as the “Moses of her people,” this abolitionist helped hundreds escape slavery via the Underground Railroad, inspiring later civil rights activists

Who is Harriet Tubman

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In 1960, four Black college students sat at a "whites-only" lunch counter in North Carolina, sparking a wave of similar nonviolent protests across the South

What are the Greensboro Sit-ins