Civil Rights Movement

After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic discrimination mainly because of

Students who sat and refused to move at segregated lunch counters.

This girl was the first to integrate into a white public elementary school. She had to be escorted by 4 Federal Marshalls for her protection.

As illustrated by the picture, this is the Southern policy of legal separation of the races in public places

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - Letter from a Birmingham Jail This Georgia Minister demanded an end to segregation and led the Civil Righ

These three students were lynched by the KKK for helping African Americans register to vote in Mississippi during this Civil Rights Movement event.

The map below shows the decision of African Americans to

Despite the passage of the 15th Amendment, white southerners enacted the which of the following to prevent African Americans from voting after the Civil War

" You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." This man started the Black Power movement by encouraging African Americans to defend themselves when attacked.

Which Civil Rights Leader would approve of a protester accepting jail time rather than move to the segregated area

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in an effort to correct

This form of protest encourages people to nonviolently break laws that they disagree with.

This Supreme Court Case ruled that segregation was legal as long as the facilities were “separate but equal”.

The Jim Crow laws were attempts by

These students were the first to integrate into a white public high school.

This picture illustrates President LBJ signing this important legislation officially outlawing discrimination and segregation in public places

These were a group of students who rode from the North to the deep South to protest illegal interstate bus segregation.

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - Letter from a Birmingham Jail This Georgia Minister demanded an end to segregation and led the Civil Righ

This racist depiction of African Americans became the name for the time period between 1876-1964 when segregation was enforced.

A terrorist organization created to restore white supremacy.

The greater impact of Emmett Till's lynching in 1955 can be summarized as

The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of the

Rosa Parks set off this protest when she refused to move from her seat.

"We been saying freedom for six years and we ain't got nothin'. We have been tired of trying to prove things to white people. What we got to start saying now is Black Power! We want Black Power." The Black Power Movement emerged primarily a

" You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." This man started the Black Power movement by encouraging African Americans to defend themselves when attacked.

Organization created by WEB Du Bois that worked towards achieving equality for African American using the courts.

The advice of Malcolm X to the black community differed from Martin Luther King Jr. because Malcolm X suggested African Americans should

This image illustrates the passage of legislation officially outlawing voting restrictions in the South.

The major goal of the civil rights movement of the 1960’s was to:

This is the murder of African Americans by a mob for intimidation purposes.