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1. _____ _____ decided to defend segregation, because even though Brown v. School Board applied only to schools, it threatened the whole system of segregation.
E E U R H E N T S W T I H S O R
2. The right of African Americans to _____ was protected by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which was the first civil rights law since Southern Reconstruction in 1877.
E T O V
3. The Supreme Court ruled that _____ _____ were unconstitutional, after the NAACP & Linda Brown’s parents sued the Topeka school board in 1954.
G R O G O S S D L C T H E A E S E
4. Eisenhower ordered the _____ to occupy Central High School, after violence in Little Rock occured.
R M Y A
5. When _____ _____ was denied entry to a school in Topeka, Kansas based on her race, Thurgood Marshall began trying to end segregation in public schools.
A R L O I D W N N B
6. As Senate majority leader, _____ _____ put together a compromise that enabled the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to pass, despite the resistance of Southern senators.
Y N S O H O O N N D N L J
7. _____ _____ was an attorney and the NAACP’s chief counsel, and he was known to challenge segregation after World War 2.
M R T H L U G L H O A D O R S A
8. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine students from entering _____ _____ , because he was a defender of white supremacy.
G I T E H C R L H A N
9. The Congress of _____ _____ used sit-ins to desegregate restaurants in Chicago that refused to serve African Americans, founded by Farmer & Houser.
A Y I R U E A L A L I T C Q
10. Supreme Court established _____ _____ _____ in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which meant that segregation was legal as long as equal facilities were provided.
P A E U Q L A A T T U S E E R B
11. The _____ _____ Leadership Conference was formed by Rev, King and Rev Shuttlesworth, because African American churches served as forums for planning meetings.
U N N I I S H R T E C T A R H S O
12. African American leaders ended discrimination in wartime factories & increased opportunities in the military, all due to the second _____ _____ that took place in the 1940s.
R W A R O L D W
13. Martin Luther King believed African Americans could end segregation through _____ _____ resistance, probably learned while earning his Ph.D. in theology.
S A V T N I V N I L E E O O S P N
14. During the Great Depression, African Americans benefited from _____ _____ programs of the 1930s, which created political power for Northern democrats.
L N E W A D E
15. _____ _____ _____ was a young pastor who was hired to run the Montgomery Improvement Association, which was boycotting busses.
R E A L U K T T G R I I N H M N
16. In Norris v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruled that keeping African Americans out of _____ was a violation of equal protection, which was the kind of court case the NAACP supported.
R E U J S I
17. Jo Ann Robinson asked African Americans to _____ _____ when Rosa Parks appeared in court, starting a new era of the civil rights movement.
S U T B E B C S O Y O T
18. A new era in the civil rights movement was sparked after Rosa Parks allowed the NAACP to use her case to _____ _____ .
E A L N C R G L N E G S O I T E A H G E
19. Several Southern Congress members pledged to reverse the Brown v. the School Board decision and signed the _____ _____ as evidence of their discontent.
M A T E E T N R O U F S O S H N I
20. _____ _____ did not move when a Montgomery bus driver told her to get up so a white man could sit down.
A S A R K O P S R