Civil Rights Movement
Quotes
Characters
Comprehension
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100

Deemed by the US Congress as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice __________"

...everywhere."

100
Civil Rights Leader who had a dream
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was imprisoned in this city's jail.
What is Birmingham?
100
Was born in this city in the state of Georgia.
What is Atlanta?
200
Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200

"Justice delayed is justice ______"

denied

200

African-American leader of the black nationalist and Muslim movement who was assassinated in 1965. 

Who is Malcolm X?

200

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to a letter entitled "a call for unity" by eight members of ... ?

What is the Christian church (clergymen)

200
On his tomb:  "_____ at last"

What is free?

300

Term for the "riders" who journeyed on interstate buses to protest continued segregation of transportation (often being beaten for it)

Who are "the freedom riders"?

300

"Was not ____ an extremist in love?"

Jesus

300
Said that "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300

Following the collection of facts, negotiation, and self-purification (workshops prepping for jail, violence) it is the final step on a non-violent campaign ... direct ____?

What is action?

300

Received this in 1964

What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

400
This brutal Sunday scene at the Edmund Pettus Bridge involved law enforcement shooting tear gas and beating nonviolent protestors in Selma, Alabama.
What is Bloody Sunday?
400
"For years now I have heard the word '____!'. It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This '_____' has almost always meant 'Never'."
"...Wait..."
400

Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the early 1960s (had just lost an election before the letter was written)

Who is Eugene "Bull" Connor?

400

King declares that "oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever" and that black people have been reminded of their "birthright of ________ ."

What is freedom?

400

On this day and month the federal government shuts down in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

What is the third Monday of January? (MLK was born on January 15th)

500

An important step in the Civil Rights Movement occurred in 1948.  What did Harry Truman do in that year?

What is desegregated the US armed forces?

500

"Any law that uplifts human personality is ______. Any law that degrades human personality is _______."

"...just...unjust..."

500

He was Martin Luther King Jr.'s best friend and co-founded the civil rights organization that MLK Jr. was part of ...

Who is Ralph Abernethy??

500

This organization, of which MLK Jr. was the president, operated in every Southern state with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

500

Begin writing "Letter ... Jail" on this type of paper

What is a newspaper?

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