Civil Rights and Modern Georgia

Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal

• allow children to work.
• to pay black people less than white people.
• to return a slave.
• to segregate schools.

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Person who was killed on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee after trying to help black sanitation workers receive better working conditions    

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Robert Kennedy

_______________ wrote "I Have a Dream" and delivered it to thousands in Washington, DC. 

• Harry Belafonte
• Barack Obama
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Jesse Jackson

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

What amendment was used to advocate for integrated schools?

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 16th

How did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech impact the civil rights movement?

• It called for violent resistance, resulting in riots across the country.
• It inspired many people, giving strength and momentum to the movement.
• It was largely ignored by the movement, though regarded as a superbly written speech.
• It was considered controversial and fragmented the movement into small groups.

What court case stated, "We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherintly unequal."

• Plessy v. Ferguson 
• Brown v. Board of Education 
• Tinker v. Des Moines 
• Delgado v. Bastrop ISD