Civil Rights Leaders
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955.
➡️ Who is Rosa Parks?
The acronym NAACP stands for this
➡️ What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This law banned racial discrimination in public places.
➡️ What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Protesters sit at segregated locations and refuse to leave.
➡️ What are sit-ins?
This movement used boycotts, protests, and court cases to fight segregation.
➡️ What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This leader promoted nonviolent protest and led marches for civil rights.
➡️ Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The acronym SCLC stands for this
➡️ What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
This law protected the right to vote and banned literacy tests.
➡️ What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This protest method was used based on Martin Luther King, Jr's philosophy.
➡️ What is nonviolent protest?
This protest began after Rosa Parks was arrested.
➡️ What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This civil rights leader supported self-defense against racial violence.
➡️ Who is Malcolm X?
This organization used court cases to fight segregation.
➡️ What is the NAACP?
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregated schools are unconstitutional.
➡️ What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Activists rode buses through the South to challenge segregation laws.
➡️ What are Freedom Rides?
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at this event.
➡️ What is the March on Washington?
He broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
➡️ Who is Jackie Robinson?
This group organized the Freedom Rides to challenge bus segregation.
➡️ What is CORE?
This law banned discrimination in housing.
➡️ What is the Fair Housing Act of 1968?
Large public demonstrations used to demand civil rights.
➡️ What are marches?
Police used dogs and fire hoses during protests in this 1963 campaign.
➡️ What is the Birmingham Campaign?
This president sent federal troops to escort 9 girls to a segregated school in Little Rock in 1957.
➡️ Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This organization led nonviolent protests and was founded by MLK.
➡️ What is the SCLC?
This amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections.
➡️ What is the 24th Amendment?
Refusing to buy or use something to protest unfair treatment.
➡️ What is a boycott?
Federal troops were sent to integrate Central High School in this city.
➡️ What is Little Rock, Arkansas?