MLK, Jr.
He gave this famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.
"I Have a Dream"
Emmett Till was this age when he was murdered.
14
Malcolm X was known for supporting this stronger approach to civil rights.
self-defense (or more militant resistance)
Brown v. Board of Education was a court case about this topic.
Segregation in schools
This war ended slavery in the United States.
Civil War
The method of protest MLK believed in.
nonviolent protest (or peaceful resistance)
He was visiting this southern state when he was killed.
Mississippi
Before Malcolm X, his last name was this.
Little
The Court ruled that separate schools were not this.
Schools were not ____________.
Equal
The Civil War ended in this year.
1865
This city’s bus boycott helped make MLK nationally famous.
Montgomery, Alabama
His mother chose to have this type of funeral to show the world what happened.
open-casket funeral
He was a member of this religious organization early in his life.
Nation of Islam
This amendment was used to argue against segregation.
14th Amendment
Gave all people born here citizenship and guaranteed all citizens are treated equally by the law.
This amendment officially abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime
Complete the quote: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the _____________________________________"
Content of their character
His murder helped spark this American movement.
Civil Rights Movement
Malcom X thought that things had gotten so bad, people would have to use ballots or _________ to make a change.
Bullets
The Brown v. Board of education decision was announced in this year.
1954
Laws enforcing racial separation (segregation) in the South were called these.
Jim Crow laws
MLK was assassinated in this year.
1968
The men accused of killing Emmett Till were found this in court.
not guilty
Malcom X was assassinated by this group of people.
Three members of the Nation of Islam
Brown v. Board of Education led to the end of this practice in schools and other public places.
Segregation
This 1964 law outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race.
Civil Rights Act