Vocab
The murder of someone, usually by mob, without a trial.
What is lynching?
Who is Claudette Colvin?
"Separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This leader, who was inspired by Ghandi, was shot on a 2nd story balcony in Memphis, TN on April 4th, 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Central High School in Arkansas was the location of this showdown over integration.
What is the Little Rock Nine?
Laws in the South that enforced racial segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
"any means necessary" & the Black Revolution
Who is Malcolm X?
Ruled involuntary servitude is unconstitutional.
What is the 13th amendment?
The first death that shocked and enraged the nation, he was lynched at the age of 14.
Who is Emmett Till?
A turning point in the movement to protest voting rights, this was initially stopped one "Bloody Sunday."
What is the march from Selma > Montgomery?
Civil rights organization that fights lynching, discrimination, and segregation that is still around today, mostly by changing the laws.
What is the NAACP?
Worked with the SCLC and MLK, first black American to host a prime time talk show, befriended a leader in the KKK.
Who is Xernona Clayton?
Thurgood Marshall was the lawyer in this case who argued "separate but equal" was not equal and thus, unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board?
Promoted black power and pride, controversial but influential figure who was shot 21 times at a rally in NYC.
Who is Malcolm X?
1963 protest led by MLK, where he delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Artists who painted murals that portrayed Mexican American culture across the Southwest.
What is the Chicano Mural Movement?
The President who started the first civil rights legislature and also the President who signed both.
Who is JFK & LBJ?
Equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th amendment?
Gunned down in his driveway by the KKK, he worked for the NAACP and was their first field secretary.
Who is Medger Evers?
Lasted for several months, these protests were against segregated bus terminals in the South.
What is the Freedom Rides?
This acronym stands for the group of Latin American Citizens who fought discrimination against persons of Latin American ancestry.
What is LULAC?
Lead lawyer for the Brown v. Board case with the NAACP as well as first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Got rid of all voting barriers.
What is the 15th amendment?
These two brothers were killed within 5 years of each other, one a beloved advocate of Civil Rights who was shot twice while campaigning for re-election in Dallas and the other a Senator campaigning to be President.
Who is JFK & RFK?
A nonviolent series of protests begun in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What are sit-ins?