Civil Rights Movement

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ban?

If you compare MLK Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and Malcolm X you would conclude that each leader

The fact that more African-Americans were elected to office between after 1964 is due to

Which was NOT associated with the Black Power Movement?

Unjust treatment based on factors like age, sex, or race.

One form of Civil Disobedience used by protesters

Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case that

SNCC's plan for a massive voter registration drive in Mississippi was called

The fight to desegregate interstate busses

Legal segregation in the South.

What did the Kerner Commission report?

Gave African American men the right to vote.

Dr. Martin Luther King was well known for protests that used 

A civil rights organization of students focused on love, non-violence, and equality.

Case that declared "separate but equal" in schools unconstitutional

____ were a place that _____ challenged a federal ban on segregation for interstate travel.

Was the concept of restrictive covenants de facto or de jure?

When Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock he was

Group that gained national attention for helping to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

De jure segregation is based on

Which doctrine was related to public education was overturned Brown v. Board of Education?

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful mainly because it pressured the city _______.

Enforced separation of different racial groups.

Worked in the Courts to help advance Civil Rights for minorities.

Which of the following were ways African Americans were kept from voting?

President who signed Executive Order 9981 desegregating the armed forces.

Supreme Court case ruled that race could be considered in college admissions.

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibit?

Amendment that granted citizenship and guaranteed equal protection under the law.

Political activists who started the Black Panther Party

Nation of Islam member who focused more on unity rather than separation after a trip to mecca.

The main source of guaranteed rights for all minorities was

This act signed by LBJ ended poll taxes, literacy tests, and limited gerrymandering.

Supreme Court decision that made segregation legal.

First African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.

SNCC membership was primarily what type of people?

Many restaurants were successfully integrated by

Amendment that made slavery illegal

His call for "Black Power" was in contrast to King's ideology.

Black nationalist organization that focused on monitoring police, and community outreach.

This American city was nicknamed "Bomingham" for a series of unsolved bombings.