People
What is Rosa Parks known for?
Montgomery Bus Boycott, not giving up her seat
What precedent does Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) overturn?
Separate but equal is not equal
What does CORE stand for?
Congress Of Racial Equality
What is a boycott?
Nonviolent protest, group refuses to visit, use, or buy a service
Who is JFK's brother, who got assassinated and pushed hard for Civil Rights?
Bobby Kennedy
Who broke away from the Nation of Islam and later was assassinated by members of the group?
Malcolm X
What was the March on Washington?
Which group is a militant political party which focused on economic self sufficiency and police brutality, seen as a communist political party.
Give an example of direct action:
Freedom rides, sit ins, bus boycott, March on Washington... anything they are physically doing
What political party did the Black Panther Party associate with?
Communist
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
NAACP lawyer, eventually on the Supreme Court, fought major cases to help the civil rights movement
What event took place in Greensboro Woolworth?
Sit-in movement at the lunch counters
Which group was a strong advocate of nonviolent protests who organized boycotts and voter registration campaigns, founded in Atlanta, GA.
SCLC
What took place between 1964-1968 sporadically in large cities that led to damage, decrease in property value, and injuries
Race Riots, Watts Riot
Where was the most dangerous city in the South that MLK and the SCLC went to to challenge the racist policies and the movement included the Children's Crusade?
Birmingham Campaign
Who was a prominent civil rights leader, preaching nonviolence even when people are met with violence and was a founding member of the SCLC?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is it called when people drove down to the south to test if the laws were being followed?
Freedom Rides
Which organization was focused on lawsuits and legislative lobbying?
NAACP
What is something the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did?
Banned discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin in public accomodations
Allowed the A.G. to bring suits against segregated schools and gave money for school integration
Outlawed discrimination in hiring practices
What are the two focus points of the Black Panter Party?
What president signed the Civil Rights Act into law?
LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson
What movement was a push in 1964 for people to register to vote ahead of the presidential election?
Freedom Summer
Which group called for Black nationalism and racial unity, focused on becoming economically self-sufficient and leading righteous lives.
What is Affirmative Action?
Policies that take race, ethnicity, or gender into consideration in an attempt to promote equal opportunity or increase ethnic diversity
What is the 24th amendment?
Banned poll tax