Civil Rights Leaders
Would not move to the back of the bus
Who is Rosa Parks?
A fee required before a person can vote
What is Poll Tax?
200k people attended and one of MLK's most famous speeches was delivered
What is the March on Washington?
The justification for segregation
What is "separate but equal"?
The most notable thing about MLK's March on Washington
What is the "I have a dream speech"?
Advocated for nonviolent resistance to unjust laws
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Eliminated Poll Tax
What is the 24th Amendment?
People refused to leave the counter of a segregated restaurant. The first instance of this form of protest.
What are the Greensboro, NC sit-ins?
When African American students were introduced into previously white schools
What is desegregation?
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and est. segregation as unequal
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Advocated a movement towards Islam and violent resistance to discrimination
Who is Malcom X?
Banned literacy tests and other discriminatory requirements for voting
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A violent hate group that promoted and instigated racism
What is the KKK?
His two biggest priorities when entering office were income tax cuts and a civil rights bill
Who is JFK?
NAACP leader and was murdered by the KKK
Who is Medgar Evers?
Inspection of local voter registration polls and instated punishments for those to obstructed another person's right to vote
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1960?
The first school to be integrated and were escorted into school by the National Guard
What is the Little Rock Nine?
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Assassinated JFK with two bullets in the neck and in the head
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
The first African-American to become a Supreme Court justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
No one can interfere with someone's right to vote and the Fed. Gov't can inspect any discriminatory actions and recommend corrections
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
Four young girls killed in an attack by the KKK
What is the Birmingham Church Bombing?
Sought to resist police brutality and establish breakfast programs
Who are the Black Panthers?
All Americans have health insurance, raised minimum wage, and guaranteed equal rights
What is the Fair Deal?