Warriors Don't Cry
This elder character watches over the house, sometimes with a shotgun.
Grandma India
John Lewis was originally from ____________.
Alabama
What was MLK's childhood like?
He came from a loving, close-knit family. His father was a preacher, which inspired him to develop his speech skills.
There were over 4,400 ________________ between the Civil War and the 1960s in America.
lynchings
When people stop buying or using something to express their disagreement with it, this form of protest is known as a ______________.
boycott
Melba's guard is named __________________.
Danny
Name three types of protest or direct action that John Lewis took part in.
Freedom Rides, Sit-ins, Marches, Boycotts, voting registration drives, etc.
MLK was killed by ____________ on the balcony of the _______________ Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
James Earl Ray
Lorraine
________________ Laws were any state or local laws that enforced or legalized racial segregation.
Jim Crow
In 1955, two women refused to give up their seats to white passengers in Montgomery, Alabama, which led to a movement and the end of segregation on buses. Name both of them.
Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin
This character is Melba's closest friend from the Little Rock Nine.
Minnijean
This prominent Black leader had mutual respect with John Lewis, but was not truly considered to be part of the Civil Rights Movement due to his strategical and idealogical differences from MLK and others.
Malcolm X
This person was a close friend of MLK, and after the assassination, he took on MLK's role as a major leader of the Civil Rights Movement. (Hint: his initials are R.A.)
Ralph Abernathy
Name two major accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement.
Integration in schools
Desegregation on public transportation
Voting Rights
Revolutionizing protest methods to inspire future generations.
Name one of challenges faced by those participating in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- difficult to get to work and school without using the buses
- threats and acts of violence
- the city stopped allowing discount cab fares for black passengers
This white student jokes around with segregationists but secretly offers help to Melba.
Link
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
In addition to fighting for Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr. also fought for _________________.
peace in Vietnam
worker's rights
union rights
etc.
_____________ was visiting family in Mississippi when he was tragically murdered, and his killers were not prosecuted.
Emmett Till
What was the main point of MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail? How did it differ in tone from some of his other speeches/writings?
He argued that progress was going too slow. The oppressor will never willfully grant change, and many so-called allies urge patience for change. There is never a completely "convenient" time for change, so they must push forward and work for progress. It differed in tone because there was a greater sense of frustration, whereas usually he took a more hopeful and optimistic tone.
After Central High School's initial attempt at integration does not go according to plan, Melba moves to ___________________ where she lives with the McCabe family who she describes as very loving and kind.
Santa Rosa, California
March 7, 1965 became known as "Bloody Sunday." Civil Rights activists were brutally attacked while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in ____________, Alabama.
Selma
James Earl Ray used many aliases (fake names). Name one of them.
Eric Starvo Galt, WC Herron, Harvey Lowmyer, James McBride, James O'Connor, James Walton, James Walyon, John Willard, Ramon George Sneid
This landmark 1954 court case ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional.
Who was the president that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon Johnson