VOCABULARY
A person who fights to improve something
What is an activist?
Because she refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Why was Rosa Parks arrested?
The Nobel Peace prize
How was MLK rewarded for his work in 1964?
What did Colin Kaepernick do to express his anger against the American government?
A racist show.
What was a Minstrel Show?
When black and white people were forced to live separated lives
What is the definition of segregation?
In 1968
When was M.L.King assassinated?
A series of segregationists laws.
What were the Jim Crow laws?
They are often acquitted.
What happens to the policemen who kill innocent Afro-Americans?
Emmet Till
What was the name of the young Afro American who was tortured and killed in Mississipi in 195?
When people stop using a service in order to create a change.
What is a Boycott?
Stokely Carmichael
Who came up with the phrase "Black Power"?
The freedom riders.
Who were the young people going to the segregated South to explain their rights to the black people?
The Supreme court
Billie Holliday
Who sang Strange Fruits?
An occasion when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone
What is a demonstration?
"I am for truth, no matter who tells it."
Can you quote Malcolm X?
A lynching
What event was known under the name of neck tie party?
In Minnesota
Where was George Floyd killed?
Yes, although they were already black.
Did black people ever perform as black faces?
A large group of people who have come together.
What is a crowd?
Bobby Seale
Who was the leader of the black panthers?
Three fingers pointed down from the pants' pocket.
How would the KKK identitfy their members?
She was a Justice who fought for women and for Civil Rights.
Who was Ruth Bader Ginsberg?
Alan Parker.
Who directed the film Mississipi Burning?