Deemed by the US Congress as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to injustice __________"
...everywhere."
100
Civil Rights Leader who had a dream
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was imprisoned in this city's jail.
What is Birmingham?
100
Was born in this city in the state of Georgia.
What is Atlanta?
200
Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
"My _____ _______ Clergymen."
"....Dear Fellow...."
200
African-American leader of the black nationalist and Muslim movement. Mentor to Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.
Who is Elijah Muhammad?
200
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. responded to this open letter while imprisoned in Alabama.
What is "A Call for Unity"?
200
Began writing his "Letter From A..." on what type of paper?
What is a newspaper?
300
This Party practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs.
What is the Black Panther Party?
300
"It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in _______ ______. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers."
"...Hitler's Germany..."
300
Said that "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This organization operates in every Southern state, with its headquarters established in Atlanta, Georgia
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
300
Received these in 1964 and 1977, respectively.
What are the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
400
This brutal Sunday scene at the Edmund Pettus Bridge involved law enforcement shooting tear gas and beating nonviolent protestors in Selma, Alabama.
What is Bloody Sunday?
400
"For years now I have heard the word '____!'. It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This '_____' has almost always meant 'Never'."
"...Wait..."
400
Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, during the American Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Eugene "Bull" Connor?
400
King argues that negotiations for equality have been "bogged down" by this rather than dialogue.
What is (a) monologue?
400
A member of this Christian denomination?
What is Baptist?
500
This 15 year old was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, preceding the more publicized Rosa Parks incident by nine months.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
500
"Any law that _____ human personality is just. Any law that ______ human personality is unjust."
"...uplifts...degrades..."
500
White minister who welcomed black Christians to his worship service on a nonsegregated basis
Who is Reverend Stallings?
500
These three types of religious leaders in the South (from the white community) had not shown support for the freedom movement and some outright opposed it.
What are ministers, priests, and rabbis?
500
Known as one of the greatest ______ in American history.