People
Who is Rosa Parks? Why is she significant to the CRM?
This woman refused to give up her bus seat and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
What location did they impact most?
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the Southern United States (roughly 1870s–1965) that enforced legal, racial segregation.
This case took place in Topeka, Kansas
Brown Vs. Board of Education
First major Boycott of the Civil Rights Movement?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
NAACP What does it stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Where was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated?
Memphis, Tennessee
What is the 14th Amendment?
The 14th Amendment that gave citizenship and equal protection.
How was the 14th Amendment violated?
This amendment was violated by school segregation
What is a "Sit-in"?
Peaceful protest where people sit and refuse to leave
Who organized the event that happened on March 7, 1965? What happened?
James Bevel's plan for a march from Selma to Montgomery resulted in "Bloody Sunday".
Who is Malcolm X? What did he do?
Malcolm X was a political rights leader who spun off the Black Power Movement.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The 15th Amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
What were the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the South (roughly 1870s–1960s) designed to keep African Americans and white people separated in public life. Their main purpose was to enforce white supremacy and ensure Black people had fewer rights, inferior services, and less political power
What is another name for the Selma to Montgomery March?
March where protesters were attacked on “Bloody Sunday”
What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas when the schools tried to integrate?
Following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the National Guard to block them, prompting President Eisenhower to send federal troops to escort the students into school, ensuring their safety and federal law compliance
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
9 Black students who integrated a white school.
They attended Little Rock Central High School.
They showed that schools must integrate.
What is Civil Disobedience?
Civil disobedience is the active, nonviolent, and intentional refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or orders of a government.
Brown V. Board of Education
Case that said school segregation was unconstitutional.This 1954 case said school segregation is unconstitutional
What is Freedom Summer? What state did it take Place in?
A 1964 voting rights campaign in Mississippi.
What is Prince Edward County?
This Virginia county closed schools instead of integrating
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This president signed the 15th Amendment/ Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is the 13th Amendment?
The Amendment that abolished slavery.
Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1896 case said segregation was legal if facilities were “separate but equal”. Homer Plessy, a man in Louisiana who was 7/8 white and 1/8 Black, sat in a “whites-only” train car on purpose to challenge segregation laws. He was arrested.
What is the " I have a Dream" speech? Who gave it? Why? And Where?
A speech given at the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for peace, equality, and fairness
Who were the three Freedom Summer volunteers killed?
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner