Civil Rights Movement 1
Ending racial segregation and securing equal rights for all Americans was the goal of this movement.
Civil Rights Movement
A law requires Black and White students to attend different schools.
Segregation
Martin Luther King Jr supported this type of movement because he believed it would convince the public of the righteousness of the movement's goals.
Nonviolent Movement
This was a common tactic used to desegregate lunch counters.
Sit-ins.
What did Amendment XIV do?
Established citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. or naturalized.
What did Amendment XIII do?
Ended Slavery
Rosa Parks refusing to give her seat to a white man on a segregated bus started what?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was Ruby Bridges?
The first black person to attend an all white school
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech where?
Washington
This famous court case declared that school segregation was illegal.
Brown vs the Board of Education
This group embraced the use of violence to reach equality for African Americans.
Black Panther Party
Which leader influenced the Black Panther Party?
Malcolm X
During the Montgomery bus boycott, this famous individual emerged as an important leader of the Civil Rights movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
prohibits racial discrimination in voting, aiming to eliminate legal barriers that did not let African Americans from voting.
NAACP means???
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People