The Crusade for Justice
This 1962 event required JFK to send federal marshals to escort an African American student to the registrar's office.
What is the integration of Ole Miss (or James Meredith's enrollment)
Signed by LBJ, this 1964 act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, or gender and created the EEOC.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Betty Friedan bestseller helped galvanize the women's movement by highlighting female dissatisfaction in the 1960s
What is The Feminine Mystique
This term refers to segregation that exists by practice or custom (common in the North), rather than by law
What is de facto segregation
In 2009, she became the first Hispanic justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
In April 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this famous document while incarcerated for demonstrating in Alabama.
What is the "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
This 1965 law ended literacy tests and tripled Black voter enrollment in the South
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Founded in 1966, this organization (NOW) pressed for child-care centers and better EEOC enforcement
What is the National Organization for Women
This leader urged followers to take control of their communities and advocated for armed self-defense before his 1965 assassination
Who is Malcolm X
This female activist helped found the National Women’s Political Caucus and Ms. Magazine.
Who is Gloria Steinem
This August 1963 event saw over 250,000 people converge on the nation's capital to demand civil rights legislation.
What is the March on Washington
This 1972 law banned gender discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal funding
What is Title IX
This 1973 Supreme Court decision ruled that women have a right to an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy
What is Roe v. Wade
Stokely Carmichael, head of the SNCC, coined this term to describe African Americans controlling their own lives without white interference
What is Black Power
She was the first female Speaker of the House, taking the position in 2007.
Who is Nancy Pelosi
He was the first African American governor elected since the Reconstruction era
Who is L. Douglas Wilder (of Virginia)
This 2009 act provided expanded protections for women against pay discrimination in the workplace
What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
She was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, appointed in 1997
Who is Madeleine Albright
These 1969 riots in New York City are credited with marking the beginning of the modern LGBT rights movement.
What were the Stonewall riots?
This civil rights leader ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1980s
Who is the Reverend Jesse Jackson
This 1964 constitutional amendment officially made poll taxes unconstitutional
What is the Twenty-fourth Amendment
This law protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in employment, public services, and telecommunications
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
This conservative activist led the "Stop-ERA" campaign, arguing it would lead to drafting women and ending child support
Who is Phyllis Schlafly
This 1980 act made it easier for immigrants fleeing political turmoil to enter the United States.
What is the Refugee Act
This MFDP voice at the 1964 National Convention helped win support for her party despite pressure from LBJ
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer