Important Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement
This man is the youngest person ever elected president of the United States. He was elected by both Black folks and white folks because of his progressive stance on Civil Rights.
John F. Kennedy
This violent group opposed civil rights and tried to harm anyone they saw as "different." They had a secret society that began in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.
KKK
The ruling in this Supreme Court case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education (1954)?
To stop buying or using
Boycott/Buycott
This man was a famous preacher who, in his early life, advocated for peace between all races.
MLK
This social and political group was part of the larger Black Power movement, which emphasized Black pride, community investment, and unifying together for civil rights.
Black Panthers
In a 7-1 ruling, this court case ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality.
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
During this protest, thousands of African Americans stopped riding buses. (Name the event, including the city in which it took place)
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Laws that discriminated against African Americans in public spaces and facilities such as restaurants, theaters, hotels, cinemas and public baths. Trains and buses were also segregated and in many states marriage between whites and African American people.
Jim Crow Laws
Leaders of student protests formed this group to train protesters and organize civil rights demonstrations
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What does the 14th Amendment say?
Grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States”
Organized passive protests where people sit peacefully and refuse to leave
Sit-ins
This man was an attorney for the NAACP who later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice. He is most known for his role in the Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
A civil rights organization founded in 1909 who used political and legal action to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of people of color.
National Association for the Advancement for Colored People (NAACP)
This law gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights.
Civil Rights Act of 1965
This was a massive civil rights demonstration that was held on August 28, 1963. People marched and gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial and MLK delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington?
a small group of African American students selected to integrate Central High School in Arkansas
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
This vice president was sworn into office immediately after the asassination of JFK. He passed many Civil Rights acts/laws while president.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
What does C.O.R.E stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
What do the 15th and 19th Amendments have in common?
They both deal with voting rights. 15th = Black men were allowed to vote; 19th = Women allowed to vote
Name 4 strategies used during the civil rights movement. Give 1 example for each
Peaceful protest
Civil disobedience
Legal Action
Community investment
In this Supreme Court case, the ruling got rid of the statute that said interracial marriage is unconstitutional. A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races, claiming that the previous laws violated Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Loving v Virginia