Key Civil Rights Figures
Leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and worked closely with the NAACP to organize sit-ins, boycotts, and marches; had a dream.
Who is Martin Luther King?
Four members of this group had initiated the bombing on the 16th Street Baptist Church.
What is the KKK?
Birmingham is the capital of what state?
What is Alabama?
On what object was King's letter written on?
What is a newspaper?
Organized the Children's Crusade and incorporated the SNCC within the Birmingham Campaign. Served as the Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education of the SCLC to connect youth leadership and interaction.
Who is James Bevel?
Commissioner of Public Health safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Enforced legal racial segregation and denied civil rights.
Who is Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor?
Birmingham was known as the most _____ city in the United States.
What is segregated?
In what year was this letter written?
What is 1963?
Leader of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR).
Who is Fred Shuttlesworth?
The first trial for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church was held in what year?
What is 1977?
Birmingham earned the nickname of "Bombingham" due to what?
What is unsolved racial bombings?
To who was this letter addressed to?
Who are clergymen?
Organized the 16th Street March and co-founded the SCLC with Martin Luther King Jr. serving as vice president.
Who is Ralph Abernathy?
Illegitimate public safety commissioner Bull Connor receives an injunction against demonstrations in the city on what date?
What is April 10th?
What event happened in Birmingham in 1961?
What is the Freedom Rides?
What was the main ideal that King was criticized for by fellow clergymen?
Which two leaders were imprisoned together during this time?
Who are Martin Luther King and James Bevel
Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor ran for mayor but lost to who?
Who is Albert Boutwell?
How many months did the Birmingham campaign last?
What is about a month?
King strongly cites this ideal throughout his letter; "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws”
What is civil disobedience?