Civil Rights movement

What is not an example of segregation?

• Having "white people only" water fountains and "black people only" water fountains

• Forcing African Americans to attend different schools than white students

• Refusing to shop in a store

• Making African Americans sit in the back of city buses

What is Rosa Parks known for?

• Refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus

• Leading a civil rights march

• Giving inspiring speeches about the civil rights movement

• Being friends with the President

What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education?

• There can no longer be segregated restaurants

• Segregation in public schools is illegal

• Everyone can have the job they want

• People cannot be racist

Thurgood Marshall

• was against integration in public schools

• was the lawyer who helped make segregation illegal

• was the president

• was a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott

Where did nine African American students try to integrate into a public school?

• Chicago, IL

• Little Rock, AR

• Memphis, TN

• Atlanta, GA

What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott protesting?

• that blacks had to sit separately from whites on the bus

• that the buses did not allow blacks on the bus at all

• that the buses were too expensive to ride

• that blacks were not allowed to drive the buses

What type of protesting did Martin Luther King Jr. believe in?

• nonviolent protesting

• riots

• violent protesting

Who led the bus boycott that Rosa Parks was apart of?

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Emmit Til

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Check all of the examples of Jim Crow Laws

• Poll Taxes- you must pay to vote

• Literacy Tests- you must be able to read to vote

• You cannot eat in certain restaurants if you are an African American

• Black people and white people cannot use the same public restrooms

What was the March on Washington?

• A peaceful march in Washington DC where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech.

• A 4th of July parade

• A meeting in Alabama for the leaders of the civil rights movement

• A march in Washington DC organized by President Kennedy