heroism
He was president during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The Supreme Court decided "Brown v. Board of Education" in this month and year.
What is May 1954
The bus boycott took place in this city and state
What is Montgomery, Alabama
As President, he signed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act of 1964 and 1965 (passed by Congress)
Who is Lyndon Johnson
What is seeking to end racial segregation and voter exclusion across the United States, but especially in the South.
He got his start preaching to chickens on his family's farm.
John Lewis
The March on Washington took place on this date.
What is Aug. 28, 1963
What is the significance of Dexter Baptist and Holt Street Churches?
First mass meetings for bus boycott.
Governor Orval Faubus deployed the National Guard to stop Black students from entering this school.
What is Little Rock Central High School.
This was the primary strategy and tactics of the movement.
What is using nonviolent protest, including sit-ins, boycotts, protest marches, and freedom rides.
She was the Secretary of her local NAACP and attended Highlander.
Rosa Parks
The first sit in occurred on this date in Greensboro
What is February 1, 1960.
Students attended workshops on nonviolent action and sit-ins in this city.
Nashville, Tennessee
He was the Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham during the Children's March
What is they fought for liberty and justice overseas, but were treated as second class citizens in the United States.
She started the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ella Baker
This happened in Anniston, Alabama on May 14th, 1961?
The Freedom Rider bus was attacked by a mob.
16th Street Baptist Church
He was the President of the Montgomery Improvement Association.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights leaders were inspired by these words of the Declaration of Independence of 1776.
What is "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
She spoke at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City in 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
What happened on March 7, 1965
Bloody Sunday in Selma, on the Edmond Pettus bridge
College students were trained by SNCC for 1964 Freedom Summer in this state.
What is Ohio.
He was appointed by President Eisenhower to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, which decided Brown v. Board.
Earl Warren
Gandhi inspired the civil rights movement for these reasons.
Nonviolence as an active soul force to challenge colonial rule and oppression.