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1 DO YOU KNOW? Do you know these terms associated with the civil rights and women’s rights movements?

2 1954 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” education for black and white students was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education

3 African-American students who volunteered to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock Nine

4 Separation of people on the basis of race. Segregation

5 Act that prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender. Civil Rights Act of 1964

6 Seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger. Rosa Parks

7 Incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (or races) Integration

8 African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, AL for 381 days. Bus Boycott

9 Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and leader of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King, Jr.

10 First African- American Supreme Court Justice and argued for Brown Thurgood Marshall

11 Air Force veteran who won the right to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi James Meredith

12 Civil rights activists who rode buses through the South in the early 1960’s to challenge segregation. Freedom Riders

13 N.O.W. National Organization for Women

14 Coined the phrase “black power” and urged African Americans to define their own goals and lead their own organizations Stokely Carmichael

15 Act that eliminated the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters. Voting Rights Act of 1965

16 Urged African- American leaders to take complete control of their communities, livelihoods, and culture. Malcolm X

17 A movement made up of mostly white, middle class college youths who were disillusioned with the war in Vietnam and racial injustices in the 1960’s. Hippies/ Counterculture

18 . Landmark Supreme Court decision that made it legal for women to choose an abortion within the first 3 months of pregnancy Roe v Wade


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