Civil Rights Movement

What were teams of African Americans and whites who traveled into the south in 1961 known as?

Where did the worst Riot of 1960s occur and what were some of its results

What happened as a result of the assassination of Martin Luther King jr.

Who explained black power to mean controlling the social political and economical direction of the struggle for equality

What was the purpose of the Kerner Commission and what did it recommend

Brown vs Board of EducationSupreme Court ruled segregation in public schools was unconstitutional & violated the _______

March 7th 1965 SNCC John Lewis and SCLC hosea Williams led a procession of more than ___ marches

What was dr. King's reason for launching demonstrations in Birmingham Alabama in the spring of 1963

Who was the NAACP Chief counsel in the Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education case

NAACP, a Crusader against racial violence it focused legal approach to ending discrimination fighting in nation's _____

Chief justice Warren stated that separate educational facilities are inherently ______

Areas without laws required segregation often had ______Segregation which was based on custom and tradition

The African American students who integrated the Little Rock Central High School were known as The Little Rock ______

What was the reason for August 28th 1963 March on Washington

Who emerged in the early 1960s as a radical alternative to Martin Luther King and non-violence

How did the gains of the Civil Rights Movement contribute to the frustrations of African Americans living in urban areas

Where did four college students begin the sit-in movement of 1960

Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination of race religion gender and banned the practice of _______ in schools, etc

The Supreme Court's decision in the case of _________Had declared segregation to be constitutional

middle-class kids from the northeastern University's to register black voters in the city was known as Freedom Summer

four freshmen college students went to a Woolworths store and sat down to be served they became known as the _________

The name of the racist movie directed by d.w. Griffith was called The Birth of a Nation

In 1963 governor of Alabama George Wallace started segregation now segregation tomorrow and segregation forever

In 1956 a group of 101 Southern members of Congress signed the _____Which denounced the Supreme Court's ruling as a ____

SCNN stands for the student _______ Coordinating Committee

Sit ins Staged by members of the _______Successfully integrated many restaurants theaters and other public facilities

When many African Americans move north they faced little if any racism

What were the key elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

What was the name of the commission President Johnson formed to study the violence and race riots of the late 1960’s

Martin Luther King brought together the other black ministers and Community leaders from Southern Christian __conference

In ___ man named Homer Plessy Deliberately Define Louisiana state law requiring separate real cars for black and whites

Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who was the chief justice of Supreme Court during the Brown case

The _____Was an organization formed in 1957 to eliminate segregation from American society

President Johnson vowed to revolutionize America with federal aid to education, stimulate business, etc this is called _

On August 6th 1965 President Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965

What was the key element of Civil Rights Act of 1968