Civil rights

• When was the NAACP founded?


  1909
• Who founded the NAACP?

  W.E.B. Du Bois
• What is the UNIA?


  Universal Negro Improvement Association
• When was the UNIA founded?


  1914
• Who was Booker T. Washington?


  Booker T Washington was a supporter of equal rights for African Americans.
• What did Booker T. Washington do?


  Made advancement toward economic and education progress to secure civil rights
• When was Booker T Washington active?

  1895
• Who was Marcus Garvey?

  He was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. He spread a message of black pride and recruited many followers.
• Who founded the black star line?


  Marcus Garvey
• What was the black star line?

  shipping company
• When was the black star line formed?


  1919
• What happened to Marcus Garvey?


  Deported in 1927 after being accused of mail fraud
• What did the GI bill do for black americans?

  Provided black veterans aid to buy homes and obtain higher education - during the period was the most amount of black americans attending higher eduaction
• What was Brown v. Board of Education 1954?

  lead to desegregation of schools
• What did the new deal do for black americans?

  Created 1 million jobs and provided financial assistance
• What was the Little Rock Nine?


  This was a group of nine black students in Arkansas that challenged segregation in the Little Rock school district
• How much did the NACCP grown from 1917-19?


  9000 to 90,000
• What happened in 1944 with the NAACP?


  Supreme Court decides to support black voting rights
• What were the Greensboro Sit-Ins?


  4 black students in Greensboro, sat at an all-white counter at a Woolworth's to protest segregation
• Who was Malcolm X?


  A Civil Rights activist that didn't believe in nonviolent protests
• Who were the Black Panthers?


  they were a militant black power group. They urged African-Americans to arm themselves and confront white society in order to force whites to grant them equal rights.
• What did the SCLC do?

  filed Lawsuits to change segregation and voting laws, organized boycotts, rallies and marches during Civil Rights Movement
• When was the Montogomery Bus Boycott?

  1955-56
• Who were the Freedom Riders?

  Black and white activists who protested segregated travel in the south