Civil Rights Movement

101 southern members of Congress signed this document in response to Brown v. Board.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Southern Manifesto

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

This Supreme Court case was overturned with the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Roe v. Wade

This governor of Arkansas refused admittance of nine African American students to Central High School.

• Ross Barnett

• John F. Kennedy

• Orval Faubus

• John Patterson

Lawyer for the NAACP who brought forward the Brown v. Board case.

• Orval Faubus

• Lyndon Johnson

• James Meredith

• Thurgood Marshall

Method of protest that placed economic pressure on businesses and public services.

• sit-ins

• riots

• boycotts

• marches

Individual who inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

• MLK

• Rosa Parks

• JFK

• Thurgood Marshall

Integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

• Little Rock Nine

• James Meredith

• Orval Faubus

• Dwight Eisenhower

Nonviolent protests, such as the one in Greensboro, NC, that resulted in participants being burned, beaten, and taunted.

• sit-ins

• boycotts

• riots

• marches

Group that rode buses through the South to end segregation.

• Little Rock Nine

• NAACP

• Freedom Riders

• SNCC

Individual who influenced Dr. King's nonviolent approach.

• Eisenhower

• JFK

• LBJ

• Gandhi