Civil Rights II

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.

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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.

1890 court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine permitted segregation in public facilities.

• 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 blocked African Americans from participating in democracy.

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 14th Amendment

Black nationalist leader who for awhile was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam; talked about black freedom “by any means necessary;” was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in NYC by Nation of Islam members

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Ralph Abernathy

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

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

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In 1964, Martin received the _____________ for peace.

• Nobel Prize

• Oscar Award

First African American Supreme Court judge. He was the attorney for Linda Brown with Brown vs. the Board of Education.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

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This amendment abolished (ended) slavery

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Was originally a theater character, but became a term to describe laws enforcing segregation.

• Jim Sparrow

• Jack Sparrow

• Jack Crow

• Jim Crow