Civil Rights Webquest Name:

Answer the questions below by going to the web sites indicated. Turn in your
completed questions when finished. You may work with a partner on this webquest.

http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/supreme-court-
landmarks/brown-v-board-education-podcast
Brown v. the Board of Education
1. In what year did the famous Brown v. the Board of Education
lawsuit begin?

2. In what case previous to this was it ruled that it was OK for black and white
students to be “separate but equal”? When was this case ruled?

3. When did the case finally end? What was the decision and what was the vote
tally of the Supreme Court judges?

Rosa Parks http://www2.cincinnati.com/news/black/1pparks/html/1b.htm

4. What did blacks have to be able to do to register to vote?

5. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

6. When did the US Supreme Court rule that bus segregation was
unconstitutional?

Malcolm X
https://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/malcolmx.php
7. Of what was Malcolm’s father the leader?

8. What did Malcolm learn about in prison?

9. When was he assassinated? By whom?

 President John F. Kenendy https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-
History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx
10. How many blacks did Kennedy appoint to various positions during
his presidency?

11. What did Kennedy promise in his inaugural address?

12. What major piece of legislature did Kennedy try to enact?

13. What were the “freedom rides”?

14. Who were the “Little Rock Nine”?

https://www.axs.com/songs-of-the-civil-rights-movement-74297

15. What was the most important song of the civil right movement?

16. By whom was it written?

17. What is the most famous song of the movement?

18. What is being said in the above song?

19. What song did Bob Dylan sing in 1963 for the March on Washington?

http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_rights/civil_rights_act_of_196
4.php

20. What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

21. What did this law accomplish?

22. Is this law followed today?

 http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper13.html
23. Find two more important figures from the Civil Rights
Movement, write their names here.

24. Person 1: what did they do that was important to the Civil Rights
Movement?

25. Person 2: what did they do that was important to the Civil Rights
Movement?

26. Find one more important event from the Civil Rights Movement. Write it
here:

27. Event: what was this event and why was it important to the Civil Rights
Movement?