MLK, Jr.
Emmett Till
Malcolm X
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights History
100

He gave this famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

"I Have a Dream"

100

Emmett Till was this age when he was murdered.

14

100

Malcolm X was known for supporting this stronger approach to civil rights.

self-defense (or more militant resistance)

100

Brown v. Board of Education was a court case about this topic. 

Segregation in schools

100

This war ended slavery in the United States.

Civil War

200

The method of protest MLK believed in.

nonviolent protest (or peaceful resistance)


200

He was visiting this southern state when he was killed.

Mississippi

200

Before Malcolm X, his last name was this.

Little

200

The Court ruled that separate schools were not this.

Schools were not ____________. 

Equal

200

The Civil War ended in this year.

1865

300

This city’s bus boycott helped make MLK nationally famous.

Montgomery, Alabama

300

His mother chose to have this type of funeral to show the world what happened.

open-casket funeral

300

He was a member of this religious organization early in his life.

Nation of Islam

300

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. 

300

This amendment officially abolished slavery.

13th Amendment


abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime

400

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

400

His murder helped spark this American movement.

Civil Rights Movement

400

Malcom X thought that things had gotten so bad, people would have to use ballots or _________ to make a change. 

Bullets

400

The Brown v. Board of education decision was announced in this year.

1954

400

Laws enforcing racial separation (segregation) in the South were called these.

Jim Crow laws

500

MLK was assassinated in this year.

1968

500

The men accused of killing Emmett Till were found this in court.

not guilty

500

Malcom X was assassinated by this group of people. 

Three members of the Nation of Islam

500

Brown v. Board of Education led to the end of this practice in schools and other public places. 

Segregation

500

This 1964 law outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race.

Civil Rights Act

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