The First Lady of Civil Rights, she refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a Dream Speech" at this gathering in Washington D.C.
What is the March on Washington?
100
This court case ruled that segregation in schools was illegal. And that the south must integrate.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
Martin Luther King Jr preached these themes.
What are non-violence and peace?
100
Named this, Civil Rights Activists spent months in the south organizing and encouraging African-Americans to vote.
What is the Freedom Summer?
200
Representing the Nation of Islam, this man preached radical revolution and the need for change right away.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
The sit ins at all-white counters began with this group of men, at first there were less than 5, but by the third day hundreds across multiple states where participating.
Who are the Greensboro 4?
200
This case made inter-racial marriage legal in every state.
What is Loving v. Virginia
200
Malcolm X, preached these 2 themes
What are radical revolution, guns, defending yourself...any of these will work.
200
This march that occurred in the north was met with violence showing that racism did not just exist in the south.
What is the Chicago Freedom March?
300
This man is the face of the Civil Rights Movement, preaching non-violence and peaceful protest.
Who is MLK jr?
300
James Meredith's walk, better known as this, had to be completed by others because he was shot by a sniper while walking down the street in Tennessee.
What is the March Against Fear?
300
The 24th amendment abolished this, in hopes of making it easier for African-Americans to vote.
What is the poll tax?
300
Often, protesters and marchers, were met with this.
What is violence?
300
The leader of the Civil Rights Movement for Latinos
Who is Cesar Chavez?
400
These two men founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Who are Bobby Seale and Huey Newton?
400
His death marks the end of the Civil Rights Movement. After he was killed, riots broke out across the country and over 200 people were killed.
What was the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr?
400
Executive Order 11063, written by President John F. Kennedy, allowed for this.
What is equal opportunity in federal funded housing.
400
These students had to be escorted into and out of school every day. A school where they faced bullying every day because Arkansas refused to integrate their schools.
Who are the Little Rock 9?
400
This man, popularized the term "Black Power" after James Meredith was shot by a sniper during his March Against Fear.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
500
Before he became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, he was a lawyer for the NAACP, among his court cases won is the Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
The march to protest segregation in Alabama is known as this, because the protesters were students.
What is the Children's Crusade?
500
This case ruled that no matter what race you are, you are protected under the 14th amendment.
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
500
This 14 year old boy was brutally killed for whistling at a white woman.