Civil Rights Leaders

He focused on non-violence & civil disobedience in his "I have a dream" speech

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

He focused on a more militant, fight back approach to the Civil Rights movement; fed up with the slow progress

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B DuBois

• Malcolm X

• Booker T Washington

In his Atlanta address, he wanted Black Americans to work hard in their jobs, go to through vocational programs, and earn their respect & eventually civil rights

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• WEB DuBois

• Booker T Washington

As a response to another early leader, he disagreed on obtaining rights slowly; instead, focused on promoting higher education (college) & political involvement

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Booker T Washington

• WEB DuBois

• Malcolm X

Malcolm X & MLK Jr. fought for Civil Rights during..

• Early Civil Rights movement in early 1900s

• Modern Civil Rights movement in early 1900s

• Early Civil Rights movement in 1950s-1960s

• Modern Civil Rights movement in 1950s-1960s

Booker T Washington & WEB DuBois fought for Civil Rights during..

• Early Civil Rights movement in early 1900s

• Modern Civil Rights movement in early 1900s

• Early Civil Rights movement in 1950s-1960s

• Modern Civil Rights movement in 1950s-1960s

In 1955, his unnecessary & violent death became national news and helped sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement

• Emmett Till

• MLK Jr

• Malcolm X

• John F Kennedy

100 days after Emmett Till's death in 1955, this protest started in Alabama

• Lunch counter sit-ins

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

Who integrated Major League Baseball in the 1940s, which then led to integration in all sports?

• Jackie Robinson

• John W. "Bud" Fowler

• Moses Fleetwood Walker

• Andrew "Rube" Foster

This court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson [1896] and desegregated public schools

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS [1954]

• Swann v. Charolette-Mecklenberg [1971]

• Gideon v. Wainwright [1963]