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Martin Luther King Jr.
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This leader was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott, a pivotal event of the movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
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Supreme Court decision that approved racial segregation laws under "separate but equal' rule.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
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unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or ethnicity.
What is Discrimination?
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What was the name of the group of laws that established many separate and unfair political, economic, and social systems for newly freed African-Americans?
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
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His writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King towards non-violence and civil disobedience.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi? Inspired by Gandhi’s success with non-violent activism, King visited Gandhi’s birthplace in India in 1959. The trip to India affected King in a profound way, deepening his understanding of non-violent resistance and his commitment to America’s struggle for civil rights. King was also said to be influenced by Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin, Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman and Leo Tolstoy.
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The iconic leader who led the civil rights movement on the basis of nonviolent civil disobedience.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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President Eisenhower had to send federal troops to enforce their integration in a high school in Arkansas.
Who are The Little Rock Nine
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prejudice, discriminatory, or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
What is Racism?
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Name at least 3 Civil Rights Era leaders who were assassinated.
Who are Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X, JFK, RFK, Stokley Carmichael.
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Massive rally to support the civil rights bill where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington? The March, and especially King’s speech, helped put civil rights at the very top of the liberal political agenda in the United States and facilitated passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The civil rights leader who advocated black nationalism and aggression in the fight for civil rights.
Who is Malcolm X?
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Activists rode interstate buses into Southern states to challenge local segregation laws.
What are Freedom Riders?
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Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
What are Civil Rights?
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This is a form of theatrical makeup used by white performers to represent a black person. The practice gained popularity during the 19th century and contributed to the proliferation of stereotypes of African-Americans.
What is Black Face?
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King's efforts were not limited to securing civil rights; he also spoke out against poverty and this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
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US president who sent the most comprehensive civil rights bill proposal to the Congress in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
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Landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in schools as unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
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protest inform of refusal to engage or do business with an organization or country.
What is a Boycott?
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This series of marches in 1965 were a part of the Voting Rights Movement and later inspired a film. (Give the name of the cities people marched through.)
What are the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received this award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Courageous civil rights lawyer during a period when racial segregation was the law of the land--most famous case was Brown vs. Board of Education which ended segregation in public schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
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One year boycott of buses, sparked by Rosa Parks, to protest against segregation in the public transit.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott? On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. As a result, King helped organize The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Lasting for 385 days, the situation became so tense that King’s house was bombed and he was also arrested at one point. In the end however, the United States District Court ruled to end racial segregation on all Montgomery public buses.
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a form of protest where people peacefully occupy an area and refuse to leave.
What are sit-ins?
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This is the month that is annually recognized in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Black History Month.
What is February?
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This was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. who lived and continued to be an activist until her death in 2006.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
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