Civil Rights Trailblazers
This minister led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This organization was formed by college students to fight segregation.
What is SNCC?
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This group created free breakfast programs for children.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This activist was known for promoting Black pride and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
This journalist led a national anti-lynching campaign.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
These protests began in Greensboro, North Carolina, at a lunch counter.
What are the Greensboro sit-ins?
This 1964 law banned segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This author wrote The Fire Next Time.
Who is James Baldwin?
She helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott but was not the face of it.
Who is Jo Ann Robinson?
This woman helped start the NAACP and fought for women’s suffrage.
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
These activists rode buses through the South to challenge segregation laws.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This act protected Black Americans’ right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This singer used music to protest racism and injustice.
Who is Nina Simone?
This leader organized behind the scenes and believed strong movements didn’t need one single leader.
Who is Ella Baker?
She famously said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
SNCC focused heavily on this issue in the Deep South.
What is voter registration?
This march turned violent on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965.
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
This phrase encouraged Black pride and self-sufficiency.
What is “Black Power”?
This strategist helped organize the March on Washington in 1963.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
This woman became the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This age group played a major role in marches, sit-ins, and boycotts.
Who are students / young people?
This event featured the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This movement emphasized cultural identity, political strength, and community control.
What is the Black Power Movement?