Key events
What modern movement focuses on combating racial injustice and police brutality and what year was it founded?
Black Lives matter movement
Who was the leader of the March on Washington?
Martin Luther King jr.
How was segregation in the US finished
Through the civil rights act
Segregation laws before the civil rights moment were named after which character?
Jim crow
What is Rosa Parks known for?
for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man / montgomery bus boycott
Why is saying “All Lives Matter” often seen as dismissive
Because it ignores the specific injustices and violence Black communities face, and shifts attention away from the issue being highlighted.
What 1961 protests involved activists riding interstate buses to challenge the non-enforcement of desegregation laws?
Free riders protests
his figure was a prominent, controversial voice advocating Black empowerment and was associated with the Nation of Islam
Malcom x
What is one modern issue that activists today protest for?
police brutality, immigration injustices, or systemic racism.
still relevant because structural inequality persists and communities are still affected.