1866-1954
These laws limited the freedoms and civil liberties of African Americans, forbidding voting, owning guns, and serving on juries.
What are Black codes?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but equal is inherently unequal," overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This minister and graduate of Morehouse College emerged as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and founded the SCLC.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
In December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for this action on a Montgomery bus, sparking a 13-month boycott.
What is refusing to give up her seat to a white man?
This is the plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace that keeps it from fraying.
What is an aglet?
This 1896 Supreme Court case legalized segregation by ruling that "separate but equal" was constitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
In July 1948, President Harry Truman issued this executive order ending segregation in the armed forces.
What is Executive Order 9981?
This lawyer headed the NAACP team that challenged the legality of segregation and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In February 1960, four students began this type of protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What is a sit-in?
A group of crows is called this ominous name.
What is a murder?
These laws enforced segregation in the South, including separate hotels, theaters, rail cars, schools, libraries, and parks.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution was cited in Brown v. Board of Education as evidence that segregated education was unconstitutional.
What is the 14th Amendment?
In 1947, this player broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The refusal to use a product or service to make a statement or support a cause.
What is a boycott?
Penguins propose to their mates by giving them this romantic gift.
What is a pebble (or rock)?
This organization, founded in 1909, became the largest and most powerful civil rights organization and challenged segregation through legal means.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
This 1964 legislation was a major part of Johnson's Great Society Plan and aimed to eliminate racial discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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This person organized the March on Washington.
In 1961, college students participated in these to test the federal government's willingness to enforce desegregation on interstate buses.
What are Freedom Rides?
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as this.
What is medicine?
This secret society used threats, intimidation, and violence, including lynching, to prevent African Americans from exercising their rights.
What is the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)?
This 1965 legislation protected African Americans' voting rights and was passed after events like Bloody Sunday
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This political thinker from India pioneered the use of nonviolence as a form of protest, inspiring Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach.
Who is Mohandas Gandhi?
Knowingly breaking a law that you find to be unjust in order to draw attention to its unfairness or unconstitutionality.
What is civil disobedience?
The actor and actress of these 2 Disney characters were married in real life.
Who are Mickey and Minnie mouse?