This man was chosen as the first leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
100
This woman brought about the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to move from her seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
These three Universities became famous for ignoring the school integration laws and the resulting riots that ensued.
What is Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi?
100
This Supreme Court decision made segregation, or separate but equal, legal in the U.S. in 1896.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
100
De facto segregation.
What is discrimination / segregation that exists through custom or attitude?
200
This organization was started out of the lunch counter sit-in movement.
What is the SNCC? Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee
200
He became the new leader of SNCC and changed the way the organization fought for equal rights; first using the slogan, "Black Power!"
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
200
This event, where MLK, Jr. gave his famous, "I Have a Dream" speech, took place on August 28, 1963 and over 200,000 people were in attendance.
What is the March on Washington?
200
In 1954, this Supreme Court decision made segregation illegal by siting equal protection under the law.
What is Brown v. the Board of Education?
200
de jure segregation?
What is segregation that exists by law?
300
This organization was founded back in 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois and fought discrimination in the courts.
What is the NAACP? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
300
He was the first African-American admitted to the University of Mississippi.
Who is James Meredith?
300
CORE started this event in Washington, DC with intentions of stopping in New Orleans, LA but disbanded after violence broke out leaving SNCC to pick it up in Nashville, TN.
What are the Freedom Rides?
300
Dr. King and JFK worked on this piece of legislation and after JFK was assassinated, LBJ was the one who signed it into law which banned discrimination in employment and public accommodations.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
Considered another failure for Dr. King as he moved his civil rights campaign north.
What is Chicago?
400
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded this organization in Oakland,CA and it promoted its members to meet violence with violence.
What is the Black Panther Party?
400
It was this man in Birmingham, AL that allowed the use of firehoses, clubs, and dogs to beat back the SCLC demonstrators as they fought discriminatory laws in the city.
Who is "Bull" Connor?
400
This movement is considered one of King's failures since the police chief, Pritchett, outsmarted him and bailed him out of jail just as the media showed up.
What is the Albany Movement?
400
This piece of legislation was passed by Pres. Johnson after the Selma Campaign when the SCLC refocused their objective from Civil Rights.
What is the Voting Rigths Act of 1965?
400
Members, like Malcolm X, within the religion of Islam that endorsed and supported Black Power were called what?
What are the Black Muslims?
500
It was this movement that Malcolm X endorsed as a member of the Nation of Islam.
What is the BLack Power Movement?
500
These children were harrassed and prevented from entering Central High School by the National Guard for three weeks.
What is the Little Rock Nine?
500
This campaign started as a movement to register African-Americans to vote but after two state troopers shot and killed a demonstrator, King shifted the movement to a march to protest police brutality.
What is the Selma Campaign or March?
500
This march, led originally by James Meredith and picked up by the SCLC and SNCC after Meredith was shot, took place from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS.
What is the March Against Fear?
BONUS -
what was the famous quote that emerged from this March by SNCC's new leader Carmichael?
500
The two of three reasons it was hard for African-Americans to move out of their living conditions.
What is
1. real estate agents won't show/sell houses in "white" neighborhoods
2.banks wouldn't lend money for buying/improving a home
3. Employment discrimination allowing higher incomes to move from under poverty