Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in this Alabama city.
What Is Montgomery
What year was the Plessy v. Ferguson case decided?
What is 1896?
This 1954 landmark Supreme Court case declared that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal".
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
This famous six-word opening phrase of the Miranda warning informs a suspect that they do not have to speak to police.
What is "You have the right to remain silent"
This 1954 landmark case preceded Brown v. Board and ruled that the 14th Amendment protects all racial groups, not just "White" or "Negro."
What is Hernandez v. Texas?
Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress and also served as a secretary for this civil rights organization.
What is the NAACP
What is the FULL name of the man arrested for sitting in the white train car?
Who was Homer Plessy?
The Supreme Court ruled that school segregation violated the "equal protection" clause of this constitutional amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment
The Miranda decision primarily protects a suspect's rights under this constitutional amendment, which guards against self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) and led the historic Delano grape strike.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
Following her arrest, African Americans organized a boycott of this system for over a year.
What is the bus system
What phrase was used to summarize the ruling for many years afterwards?
What is "Separate but Equal"?
Brown v. Board effectively overturned this 1896 case that had established the "Separate but Equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
In a narrow decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ernesto Miranda by this specific vote count.
What is 5 to 4?
This three-word Spanish phrase, meaning "Yes, it can be done," became the rallying cry for the United Farm Workers and later inspired modern political campaigns.
What is "Sí, se puede"?
The day of her trial on December 5, 1955, marked the beginning of this successful 381-day protest.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was John Marshall Harlan?
Before becoming the first African American Supreme Court Justice, he served as the lead attorney for the NAACP in this case.
If a suspect cannot afford a lawyer, the Miranda ruling ensures one will be provided at no cost based on this other amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment.
In this 1947 California case, the court ruled that segregating Mexican-American children into "Mexican schools" was unconstitutional.
What is Mendez v. Westminster?
In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks this highest civilian honor in the United States.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom
What later 1954 Supreme Court ruling finally overturned the "Separate but Equal" doctrine?
What is the Brown v. Board of Education?
This Chief Justice wrote the court's unanimous opinion, arguing that segregation creates a feeling of inferiority in children.
Who is Earl Warren?
After his original conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court, this happened to Ernesto Miranda during his second trial in Arizona.
What is he was convicted again?
Taking its name from a formerly derogatory term, this 1960s movement sought political empowerment and social inclusion for Mexican Americans
What is the Chicano Movement (or El Movimiento)?