Civil rights 23-24

Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests.; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Thurgood Marshall

Refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus and was arrested

• Mary Washington

• Jackie Kennedy

• Rosa Parks

Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

• Brown vs. the Board of Education

• 13th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Jim Crow Laws

He was the NAACP attorney for the Brown family in Brown vs. the Board of Education and later becomes the First African American Supreme Court justice.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

• Rosa Parks

When African Americans refused to ride the public busses as a sign of protest; this began when Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a black man.

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• 15th Amendment

Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.

• 13th Amendment

• Jim Crow Laws

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1964

Separation of two or more races based on skin color

• segregation

• racism

• oppression

• facism

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine in 1896.

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

A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying or using a product or service.

• march
• boycott
• sit in
• activist

disobeying certain laws in non-violent ways in order to make a point

• Civil Obedience 
• Civil Disobedience 
• Riots
• Angry protesting