TRUE OR FALSE
MALCOLM X WROTE THE HISTORICAL SPEECH
" I HAVE A DREAM"
FALSE
Martin Luther King Jr.
a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans. He hoped that America and the world could become a colorblind society where race would not impact a person's civil rights. He is considered one of the great orators of modern times, and his speeches still inspire many to this day.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
is the act of setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group
SEGREGATION
A peaceful march of 250,000 people on Washington D.C. to call for the passage of a civil rights act. This is when Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Nine students prevented from enrolling at Central High School, an all white school.
Little Rock NINE
A "SIT-IN" IS THE ACT OF SEPERATING BOYS AND GIRLS BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
FALSE!!
A"SIT IN" is a form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
A leader in the Underground Railroad
HARRIET TUBMAN
basic rights that every citizen has under the laws of the government
CIVIL RIGHTS
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play this major league sport.
BASEBALL
REFUSED TO BE MOVED TO THE BACK OF THE BUS
ROSA PARKS
BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO PLAY TOGETHER IN SCHOOL DURING THE 1950's
FALSE
a former slave and the son of a white father whom he never knew and an African-American mother that died when he was ten years old. He published a newspaper in Rochester, New York, called The North Star.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A Supreme Court ruling in 1954 that said segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
BROWN. VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION
In 2009, this man became the first black president of the United States!
Barack Obama
an executive order given by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 freeing the slaves in the Confederate states
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
"PEACE" laws passed to enforce segregation based on race. They allowed for separate schools, public transportation, restaurants, and more based on race.
FALSE
(Jim Crow Laws)
First African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South
RUBY BRIDGES
organized in 1960 to coordinate protest sit-ins, it consisted of a hard core of militant students. The organization also initiated protests and registered voters in Mississippi.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
In 1967, this man became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus for a white person.
True
W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells founded this organization for the "advancement of colored people" in 1909.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
A process to END segregation in public areas based on race.
DESEGREGATION
September 15, 1963 - A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls during church services. At least 14 others are injured in the explosion.
Birmingham Church Bombing
DAILY DOUBLE
NAME ONE MEMBER OF THE "BIG SIX" OTHER THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING