AP African American Studies / Unit 4: Movements and Debates
4.4 Discrimination, Segregation, and the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Notes
Legal challenges (NAACP lawyers Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston) led to Brown v. Board of Education (1954). The murder of Emmett Till (1955) and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) energized the movement.
Practice
Thurgood Marshall argued Brown v. Board and later became:
1967.
Brown v. Board of Education ruled that:
1954.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted about:
1955–1956.
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