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Rosa Parks

- "mother of the civil rights movement" a civil rights activist - she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, which was at the time. a law at montgomery ( led to her arrest) - she helped initiate the civil rights movement in the u.s, and inspired the montgomery bus boycott. https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

George Wallace

- 45th governor of alabama. - he opposed desegregation, stated that segregation should be forever. - supported the jim crow policies. https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-C-Wallace

Lester Maddox

- U.S 75th governor of georgia - refused to serve black people in his Atlanta restaurant. wanted to continue segregated service ( filed lawsuits). https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lester-maddox-1915-2003/

Little Rock Nine

- a group of 9 african americans high schoolers, who challenged segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas, by enrolling at an all white high school in 1957. - consisted of Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Little-Rock-Nine

Orval Faubus

- arkansas governor - blocked the enrollment of the nine black students , from little rock nine, using arkansas national guard. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/orval-faubus-prevents-little-rock-high-school-integration-video

Martin Luther King Jr.

- civil rights activist - him and his followers sought peaceful protests to end segregation - responsible for passing the civil rights act of 1964, which banned the discrimination of race, color, religion in workforce. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr

Thurgood Marshall

- civil rights lawyer. - first african american to serve on the supreme court. used courts to fight against him crow laws. - accomplished in having the supreme court declare segregation in public schools unconstitutional in brown v. board of education (1954) https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

Freedom Rides

- freedom rides challenged segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. - taken by both african americans and whites , where together they rode buses to protest against segregation. https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/black-history/freedom-rides

Sit-ins

- non violent movements https://www.britannica.com/event/sit-in-movement

"Doves"

someone who tries to avoid the entrance to war, they believe there's another way - https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/doves-and-hawks

"Hawks"

someone who wants to enter war - https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/doves-and-hawks