KKK
This hate group was founded in the United States shortly after the Civil War.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Martin Luther King Jr. is most famous for promoting this method of protest.
What is nonviolent resistance?
BlackKklansman was directed by this famous filmmaker.
Who is Spike Lee?
The Help is set in this U.S. state during the 1960s.
What is Mississippi?
The Civil Rights Movement mainly took place during this decade.
What are the 1950s and 1960s?
The KKK is known for wearing this distinctive white outfit during its activities.
What are white robes and hoods?
He delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in this city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The film is based on the true story of this African American police officer.
Who is Ron Stallworth?
The story focuses on the lives of African American women working as this profession.
What are maids or domestic workers?
One major goal of the movement was to end this system of racial separation.
What is segregation?
The KKK originally claimed to promote the interests of this racial group.
What is white Americans?
Martin Luther King Jr. played a major role in this historic march in 1963.
What is the March on Washington?
The main character infiltrates the KKK by communicating with them using this method.
What is talking to them on the phone?
This character is an aspiring writer who interviews the maids.
Who is Skeeter?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This organization was formed in 1865 in Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received this international award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
The film is set primarily during this decade.
What are the 1970s?
The film is based on a novel written by this author.
Who is Kathryn Stockett?
This act, passed in 1964, outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
During the 1920s, the KKK gained political power and influence in this branch of government.
What is state and local government?
This FBI program monitored and attempted to undermine Martin Luther King Jr.’s work.
What is COINTELPRO?
The movie ends by referencing real events from this violent rally in 2017.
What is the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally?
The movie highlights everyday racism through this controversial household rule.
What is the rule about separate bathrooms for Black maids?
This strategy involved deliberately breaking unjust laws to highlight inequality.
What is civil disobedience?