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Civil Rights

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  • Give 2 examples of public places that were segregated by race:
    Churches Schools Restaurants Water Fountains Busses Playgrounds
  • What state is the city of Birmingham located in?
    Alabama
  • What was the Birmingham Church Bombing?
    The KKK bombed an African American Church in Birmingham Alabama. 4 young girls died.
  • What year was Brown V. Board of Education?
    1954
  • What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
    1968
  • What is a synonym for de-segregation?
    Integration
  • What was the March on Washington?
    A nationwide movement of people of color to Washington D.C. to demand equal rights.
  • what was the goal of the civil rights movement?
    to get equal rights and protections for African Americans
  • Who was the Govenor of Arkansas during the integration of the Little Rock School District?
    Orval Faubus
  • What is integration?
    Mixing people by race after Brown v. Board of Education
  • What did the court case Plessy V. Furgeson decide?
    Plessy V. Furgeson decided that segregation was legal, as long as facilities were equal.
  • What year was Plessy V. Furgeson?
    1896
  • Who were the Little Rock 9?
    9 students who were the first to integrate into a high school in Little Rock Arkansas
  • Name 2 reasons integration was so difficult in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Govenor Faubus' Resistance Widespread Racism Angry White Mobs Weak actions by the Federal Government
  • What year was the March on Washington?
    1963
  • Who was Rosa Parks?
    A woman who protested segregation by sitting at the front of a public bus and refusing to move. She was arrested for her actions.
  • What is segregation?
    Separating people by race.
  • How did the people of Birmingham, Alabama engage in collective action?
    Birmingham Bus Boycott
  • How did Martin Luther King Jr. die?
    Assassination by James Earl Ray
  • Who spoke at the march on Washington?
    Martin Luther King JR.