Civil Rights

The black woman who spoke at the 1964 Democratic National Convention

Segregation that exists by practice and custom

This court case desegregated schools, overturning the separate but equal ruling

Black leader who told followers to take control of their livelihood, communities, and culture

Segregation by law

Refusal to obey an unjust law

Marchers started in this city to protest for protected voting rights for African Americans

How the government makes special efforts to hire/enroll those who have suffered discrimination

This group was set up to study the causes of urban violence

These students were escorted by the National Guard to attend Central High School

When black protesters sat down at segregated lunch counters and refused to leave until served

This air force veteran won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll at Ole Miss

This lawyer spearheaded reform for the NAACP and won the Brown v Board of Edu of Topeka Case

This court case set up the separate but equal ruling

The number of black students who started at Central High School in Little Rock

A famous bus boycott happened in which city?

A political party formed to fight police brutality

The man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr

This prohibited discrimination by race, religion, national origin, and gender

This Baptist minister led the Montgomery Bus Boycott

This woman started a bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white man

These activists rode buses throughout the South in the hopes of provoking violent reactions

SNCC and NAACP began registering as many voters as possible in what became known as this

Ella Baker founded this group of students who practiced civil disobedience