Supreme Court Cases
The case that the phrase "separate but equal" became famous from
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The act that ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination
What is the Civil Rights Act?
Name of the most famous speech given by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the "I Have A Dream" speech?
The laws that were enacted in the 19th and 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation in the United States
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
The name of the group of students who were the first black students in the all white school
What is the Little Rock Nine?
The Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities
The act that was guaranteed under the 15th amendment of the Constitution
What is the Voting Rights Act?
Activist who sought equality and human rights for African Americans
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The group of people that were unhappy about all races being an equal playing field
What are Southern whites?
The Supreme Court case that was put to the test by the Little Rock Nine incident
What is Brown v Board of Education?
Most famous group that fought against desegregation, most commonly through violence
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
The act that removed legal barriers on state and local levels that prevented African Americans from using their right to vote
The woman who was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man on the public bus
Who is Rosa Parks?
The amendment that gave blacks the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The association that was targeted by white supremacist groups
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
The person who formally signed the Civil Rights Act
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
The phrase that Rosa Parks became known by after she gained support of the community
What is the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement”?
The amendment that gave blacks equal protection under the law
What is the 14th amendment?
The name of the school that the Little Rock Nine attended
What is Central High School?
The place that the Brown v. Board of Education decision was finalized
What is Topeka, Kansas?
The person who first proposed the Civil Rights Act
Who is President John F. Kennedy?
The association formed by black community leaders and led by Martin Luther King Jr that fought for Civil Rights
What is the Montgomery Improvement Association?
Seeking the right to vote, blacks took on leadership roles in...
What is public office?
The person that called in the national guard to stop the black students' entry into the high school
Who is Governor Orval Faubus?