Civil Rights

Question 1

The civil rights movement

Answer 1

African-Americans fight for equal opportunities in jobs, housing, and education.

Question 2

Please vs Ferguson

Answer 2

1896

Supreme Court case: upheld the constitutionality of segregating public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.

Question 3

NAAPCP

Answer 3

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Civil Rights organization, worked on behalf of African-Americans

Question 4

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Answer 4

Landmark Supreme Court case

Linda Brown, Topeka Kansas

Attorney: Thurgood Marshall

Earl Warren Court (9-0)

Ended segregation in public schools

Overturned Plessy case

Question 5

Rosa parts

Answer 5

Refused to give up seat in section of bus reserved for whites

Question 6

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 6

African-Americans unite in their refusal to use the city’s buses

Question 7

Little Rock, Arkansas

Answer 7

National Guard prevents nine students, including Elizabeth Eckford, from entering Little Rock Central High School under orders from Governor of Arkansas National Guard prevents nine students, including Elizabeth Eckford, from entering Little Rock Central High School under orders from Governor of Arkansas