Civil Rights

Question 0

Brown v Board

Answer 0

Separate is not equal

Question 1

Sweatt v Painter

Answer 1

Black student denied entrance to a white law school. Deemed unconstitutional because intangible factors are important

Question 2

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 2

Rosa Parks stayed in her seat. Led to 18 month boycott

Question 3

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Answer 3

Push civil rights and keep everyone who worked in Montgomery together

Question 4

Civil rights act 1957

Answer 4

Commissions to seek injunctions from people keeping blacks from voting

Question 5

Civil rights act 1960

Answer 5

Feds helped blacks vote

Question 6

Sit ins

Answer 6

Blacks refused to leave establishments

Question 7

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Answer 7

Organized sit ins and wade ins

Question 8

Freedom riders

Answer 8

Moved across the country pushing for civil rights

Question 9

Civil rights act 1964

Answer 9

Outlaws public discrimination

Question 10

Letter from Birmingham jail

Answer 10

Get legislation passed and show racists at their worst