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| Brown vs. board of education |
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| the supreme court decision that ended school segregation based upon race |
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| an attempt to challenge discrimination on interstate busses led by the congress on racial equality |
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| during WWII, this was one of the largest battles in US history where a.a's and whites fought in integrated units |
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| along with the concept of racial equality, this was a main message of the famous "i have a dream speech" |
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| A prominent group of African Americans named to serve in Roosevelts government |
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| a student led civil rights organization that originally grew out of the SCLC and first formed in Nashville, TN |
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| the republican partys candidate for president in 1932 who was supported by the majority of the black community |
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| a secretary with the NAACP who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger |
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| the white supremacist Commissioner of Public Safety (was in charge of police and fire department) in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 |
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| an african american who enrolled as a student at the University Of Mississippi which led to riots. Franklin Roosevelt named her one of his advisors |
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| A 15 year old who attempted to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| One fo the founders and leaders of the congress of racial equality (CORE) |
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| the famous black leader of the first squad of African American Fighter pilots in WWII |
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| A Lawyer who helped to win Brown v. Board of Education at the Supreme Court, and became the first African American justice on that court |
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| a government leader who promised to not allow integration of blacks and whites in Alabama in the 1960s |
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| a reform program designed to relieve suffering caused by the great depression |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
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| organization founded by and lead by church leaders to fight for civil rights |
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| Organized several nonviolence workshops |
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| civil rights leader who was murdered in front of his home |
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| Martin Luther Kings teachings |
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- non-violent resistance is the most powerful weapon against evil
- unjust laws must be opposed
- justice delayed is justice denyed
- just laws must be followed
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| the organization that Martin Luther King Jr. was invited to lead in Montgomery in order to manage the Bus Boycotts |
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| The african American mess assistant who fought bravely during the attack on Pearl Harbor by manning a deck gun and shooting down Japanese planes |
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| The famous black leader of the first squad of african american fighter pilots in WWII |
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