Civil Rights under Eisenhower

what was the name of the racist organisation that lynched blacks?

What was the name for the group of discriminatory racist laws in the South?

what year was the NAACP founded?

what does NAACP stand for?

what was the name of the NAACP magazine?

In what year was Brown v. Board of Education?

Which court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?

What was the name of the father and daughter who sued the Topeka Board of Education leading to Brown v. Board of Education?

What was the name of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1954?

Where did Linda Brown and her father, Oliver Brown, live?

the psychological effect of segregated schooling is to breed feelings of “_________” in the “_______________” of young blacks and thus infringes their rights to “___________________”. - Chief Justice Earl Warren on his ruling on Brown v. Board of Education in 1954

Which Amendment to the Constitution stated that all US citizens should have equal protection under the law?

In which Supreme Court ruling (and in which year) did Chief Justice Earl Warren hold that school systems must abolish their racially dual systems “with all deliberate speed”?

In which Supreme Court ruling (and in which year) did Chief Justice Earl Warren rule that official resistance and community violence shouldn’t be allowed to delay the implementation of desegregation efforts?

In which Supreme Court ruling (and in which year) did Chief Justice Earl Warren declare illegal the practice of closing all public schools in the Southern states and instead providing citizens with vouchers to attend private schools?

When was Autherine Lucy admitted to the University of Alabama?

What was the name of the black student admitted to the University of Alabama?

Why was Autherine Lucy suspended from university?

What happened to Autherine Lucy after winning her case?

“And I personally believe if you try to go too far too fast in laws in this delicate field that has involved the emotions of so many millions of Americans you’re making a mistake. I believe that we have got to have laws that go along with education and understanding and if you go beyond that at any one time you cause trouble rather than benefit” - Who said this after the Autherine Lucy case?

What was the name of the high school that black students decided to go to in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas?

What year was the Little Rock Nine?

Which city (+ state) did nine black students enroll in a previously white high school?

What was the name of the teenage girl who had to walk to school in Little Rock alone?

What was the name of the woman shouting at Elizabeth Eckford in the famous photograph?

Who was the Governor of Arkansas in 1957?

Who did Governor Orval Faubus decided to place around Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

Where did President Eisenhower have a meeting with Governor Faubus to attempt to persuade him to let the black children into the school?

Who did Governor Faubus replace the National Guard with?

Who did Eisenhower send to Little Rock, Arkansas to restore peace?

“___________ will not be allowed to overrule the decisions of our court” - President Eisenhower explaining why he was sending troops to Arkansas

What was the name of the boy who was murdered in Money, Mississippi?

Where was Emmett Till from?

How old was Emmett Till?

What is the name of Emmett Till’s uncle who he was visiting in Money, Mississippi?

What did Emmett Till supposedly say to the cashier in the store?

In which magazine was a picture of Emmett Till’s body displayed?

What was the name of Emmett Till’s mother?

What reason did Mamie Till give for having an open casket funeral for Emmett Till?

When was Emmett Till killed?

Who were accused of killing Emmett Till?

For how much did J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant sell their story of the night of the murder of Emmett Till?

Who did J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant sell their story of the night of the murder of Emmett Till to?

What was the name of the cashier who Emmett Till supposedly flirted with?

What was the name of the bus driver on the bus that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on?

What was the name of the woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott?

What was the name of the federal lawsuit that was filed due to the Montgomery bus boycott?

Who founded the NAACP?

When did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?

What was the name of the relatively inexperienced man who delivered the keynote speeches for the Montgomery bus boycott?

Before the Montgomery bus boycott, what fraction of the bus riders were black?

Who was the other preacher at the church during the Montgomery bus boycott whose preaching style complemented MLK’s incredibly well?

What was the name of the white segregationist group that held rallies against blacks due to the Montgomery bus boycott?

How many black leaders were indicted under an old anti-boycott law by the white officials of Montgomery?

When did the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declare bus segregation unconstitutional?

How many teenagers enrolled in Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

How old was Elizabeth Eckford?

How many paratroopers did President Eisenhower send to Little Rock, Arkansas?

What was the name (and the year) of the Supreme Court Case that introduced the idea of “separate but equal”?

Who was the president of the Alabama branch of the NAACP?

Who was the president of the Women’s Political Council?

What was the name of the organisation set up in Montgomery to coordinate the bus boycott?

How many black people regularly used the buses in Montgomery before the boycott?