This court case established that "Separate but Equal" was constitutional, and set the standard for Jim Crow Laws in the South.
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
What southern state was the target for MLK's Montgomery Bus Boycott and later Selma Marches?
Alabama
Roll Tide!
Whose planned protest led to their arrest and the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
The First Selma to Montgomery March gained positive support due to being nationally televised. What was its nickname?
Bloody Sunday
What holiday is the 3rd Monday of January?
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This 1954 case overturned the "Separate but Equal" ruling and began the desegregation of public schools
Brown v. Board 1954
Who was a critic of MLK's non-violence movement, and talked about the need for self defense?
Malcolm X (Malcolm Stuart Little)
What was the name of the first group of black students to attend an all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
Little Rock 9
What event did 3 college students disappear and bodies were eventually found in a river after an FBI manhunt?
Freedom Summer Project / Mississippi Summer Project
What are O'Connor's twins named?
Theodore and Winifred
Teddy and Winnie
This group was founded in the early 1900's and helped advance the rights of African Americans through legal support and taking on court cases.
NAACP
Planned by Dr King, this event was a test to see if desegregation in public transportation was being upheld.
The Freedom Rides
What 3 ways were African American voting rights limited?
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
KKK (Fear & Intimidation)
The separation of groups of people based on custom, circumstance and/or choices and it is NOT required by law
De facto Segregation
What Star Wars Creature is represented in this picture?
Jawas
Out of the nine supreme court judges in Brown v Board, how many sided with the Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?
Zero, it was unanimous! (For Linda Brown)
What was the non-violent group that MLK led and organized events at places like Selma?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What state had the worst voting rights restrictions and was the target for the Freedom Summer Project?
Mississippi
Name 3 different types of peaceful protests that created awareness about injustice in segregated states?
Boycotts, Marches, sit-ins, planned arrests, speeches, etc.
Which Kendrick Lamar song starts with:
Uh, Martin had a dream!
Martin had a dream!
Kendrick have a dream!
Backseat Freestyle
What two major laws were passed to increase participation in the political process?
(Hint: One is an amendment)
24th Amendment (Eliminates poll taxes)
Voting Rights Act 1965 (Eliminates ALL voting restrictions)
What were the Results of the Children's March?
Birmingham was desegregated
Gained more attention for Civil Rights progress
What did President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9981 do?
Desegregated the military
This amendment grants "Equal protection under the law" and was passed during Reconstruction.
14th Amendment
There are multiple Civil Rights Acts passed during the Civil Rights movement. Which President passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and who passed The Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B Johnson