Brown v. Board
Where was Linda Brown from?
Topeka, Kansas
Date of Rosa Parks beginning the MBB?
December 1st, 1955
Who graduated with 601 white students in 1958?
Ernest Green
How many passengers set off on the first freedom ride?
Thirteen
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Who argued the Brown case as lead attorney for NAACP?
Thurgood Marshall
How long did it last?
381 days
Who was the mentor/advocate for the Little Rock Nine?
Daisy Bates
When did the Freedom Rides begin?
May 4th, 1961
What does MIA stand for?
Montgomery Improvement Association
What principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case did Brown v. Board overturn?
'Seperate but equal'
How many white people volunteered to carpool?
Three
What division was sent by Eisenhower to protect the Little Rock Nine?
101st Airborne Division
Who was the director of CORE and one of the original riders?
James Farmer
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Comittee
Who was the chief justice who delivered the unanimous ruling?
Earl Warren
What role did Rosa Parks have in the NAACP?
Secretary
What tactic did Faubus initiate in Little Rock, also known as the 'Lost Year?'
Closing down the public schools to prevent integration
When did the Interstate Commerce Commission issue new regulations to desegregate bus terminals?
November 1961
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In 1964, how many African American students out of 100 still attended segregated schools in the South?
(Hint: Above 50)
91
This 15-year-old girl was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, but her case was not chosen as the rallying point.
(Hint: Alliteration in name)
Claudette Colvin
When was the 'Southern Manifesto' signed?
(Hint: Before Little Rock Nine)
1956
What two groups organised the rides?
(Hint: Acroynyms)
SNCC and CORE
What does SCOTUS stand for?
(Hint: American Government)
Supreme Court of the United States