Education equality
This Supreme Court case overturned “separate but equal” in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
This tactic involved refusing to use city buses to protest segregation.
boycott
This famous speech was delivered at the March on Washington.
"I Have a Dream" speech
This organization was primarily comprised of younger people and students
SNCC
This leader promoted nonviolence and civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King jr.
This earlier Supreme Court case established the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This woman helped organize the boycott through the Women’s Political Council.
Jo Ann Robinson
The main goal of the march was to pressure the government to do this.
pass civil rights and voting rights legislation at the federal level
Dr. King was a part of this organization. It was comprised of many church leaders
This leader supported Black nationalism and self-defense.
Malcom X
The NAACP made which main argument about segregated schools in the Brown case.
separate schools were inherently unequal
Describe one thing about Rosa Parks' past that dispels the myth that "she was an old lady who was too tired to get up one day."
She had been a leader in her local NAACP chapter for a while, she had prior altercations with bus drivers in Montgomery and was known for pushing back against them
this group of attendees was not allowed to speak at the March- even though one gave an "accidental" speech
women
This organization invited many White activists to join
CORE
This philosophy emphasized racial pride, independence, and sometimes separation.
Black Nationalism
This amendment was used to argue that segregation violated equal protection under the law.
14th amendment
This earlier arrest of which teenage girl also challenged bus segregation before Rosa Parks.
Name one criticism of the March on Washington from Malcom X in his "Ballot or the Bullet" speech
It was orchestrated by the White Man, singing does nothing
Name one thing SNCC, CORE, and SCLC all had in common when it came to their philosophies or tactics
they all believed in nonviolence
This major disagreement divided civil rights activists in the 1960s.
disagreement over nonviolence vs. self-defense / integration vs. separation
This event showed federal enforcement of school desegregation when troops were sent to protect students.
What is the name of the Supreme Court case that ended bussing segregation?
Browder v. Gayle (1956)
The March gave momentum to the movement and helped to secure this important peace of legislation the following year
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
NAACP
describe one critique Malcom X made in his "Ballot or the Bullet" speech of the tactics used in the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement
critiqued sit ins, marches, sit ins, nonviolence, and optimism for being too slow, catering to the White man