PEACE
NAACP leader who refused to move her seat to start Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Using violence to protect yourself.
What is self-defense?
The opposite of segregation.
What is integration?
Also: desegregation
Group of students who bravely attended first integrated high school in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
[TRUE/FALSE] Stokely Carmichael changed his views on the Civil Rights Movement.
FALSE
Frustrated by slow progress, Stokely Carmichael changed message to Black Power.
Led Civil Rights Movement from Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956) until his assassination in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Group who promoted self-defense and protection from the police.
Who are the Black Panthers?
Constitutional amendment guaranteeing all men right to vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
Speech that helped build support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is the "I Have a Dream Speech"?
[TRUE/FALSE] All civil rights leaders agreed on same strategy to achieve equality.
FALSE
Leaders mostly agreed on the goal (equality) but the paths were very different.
SNCC activists risked lives to register voters in Deep South.
What is Freedom Summer?
Activist who championed black pride, black nationalism, and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
Supreme Court decision that overturned Plessy and integrated schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
One of largest protests in American history, which led to Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is the March on Washington?
[TRUE/FALSE] The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1960s.
FALSE
Brown (1954), Emmett Till's funeral (1955), Montgomery Bus Boycotts (1955-1956)
Acts of civil disobedience across nation integrate restaurants.
What were the Greensboro Sit-Ins?
Peaceful march in 1965 that led to Voting Rights Act.
What is the Selma March?
Supreme Court decision that decided segregation was constitutional and "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
Enforced 14th Amendment by banning segregation and discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
[TRUE/FALSE] Arkansas Governor sent in the U.S. Military to integrate Little Rock High School
FALSE
President Eisenhower sent in U.S. Military to stop Arkansas National Guard blocking children.
MLK strategy of peacefully breaking unjust laws for just reasons.
What is civil disobedience?
Major cause of the Long, Hot Summer of 1967 (multiple answers)
What is police brutality?
Also acceptable: poverty, racism
NAACP lawyer who won the Brown decision.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Enforced the 15th Amendment by stopping literacy tests and poll taxes.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
[TRUE/FALSE] The Double V Campaign built early support for the Civil Rights Movement.
TRUE
Black WW2 veterans started organizing to integrate the military and advocate for equality.