Civil rights Flashcards
1
Q
Who is Jesse Owens
A
A Black Olympic champion the 1936 Olympics
2
Q
What’s the Jim Crow laws?
A
Laws that legalised the segregation of black and white people
3
Q
Who is Rosa parks
A
A black women in the NAACP
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus
And started a bus boycott that lasted 381 days
4
Q
Who is Malcom X?
A
A black rights activist who protested for better housing and education for black people
He thought that MLK methods were too peaceful and thought u have to use violence when nessary
5
Q
Who is Elizabeth eckford?
A
She was one of the first students to attend an all white school
When students scream at her for being black she just kept walking and didn’t give us
