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Segregation means to separate people by what?
Race HOME
What organization challenged laws about segregation in the 1950’s?
HOME NAACP
Who was the NAACP’s number one lawyer?
Thurgood Marshall HOME
Name the case in 1954 that the courts ruled that it was unconstitutional to separate children by race.
Home Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, KS
Where did Rosa Parks refuse to change her seat on a bus?
Montgomery, Alabama Home
How many bus riders were African American?
75% Home
MLK Jr. encouraged ________ _______ resistance.
Non-violent Home
Who protested by sitting down at stores that practiced segregation?
High school and college students Home
Who stood in the University of Alabama doorway to keep African Americans from integrating the school?
Governor George Wallace Home
What was the group called that rode from Washington D.C. to New Orleans, LA to protest segregation?
Freedom Riders Home
What happened to the Freedom Riders in Mississippi and Alabama?
The were arrested in Mississippi and beaten and stoned in Alabama Home
Where did MLK Jr. speak and 200,000 people march with no violence happening?
Home Washington, D.C.
What song was sang at the march that became their anthem?
We Shall Overcome Home
What President got Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson Home
The NOW fought for equal rights for whom?
Women Home
Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice appointed?
Sandra Day O’Connor Home
Why did Hispanic American form unions?
For better wages Home
Who was the leader for Hispanic American Unions?
Cesar Chavez Home
Where did Puerto Rico face discrimination?
In the job search Home
What group did the government urge to leave the reservations to work in the cities?
Native Americans Home
Why did so many flee from Cuba in the 1960’s?
To get away from dictator Fidel Castro Home
What state university did Governor George Wallace stand in the doorway of to prevent it from being integrated?
University of Alabama Home
What happened to Rosa Parks when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
She was arrested Home
What happened to MLK Jr. ?
He was assassinated in Memphis TN in 1968 Home
Where were the Freedom Riders supposed to end their ride?
New Orleans, LA Home