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civil rights people
vocab
government
killer cases
Laws/organizations
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civil rights advocate who was beaten for trying to vote, but testifies about the beating and became a leader!
who is Fannie Lou Hammer
100
substance that blinds the eyes with tears
tear gas
100
President who supports the civil right bills and protects freedom riders
What is Kennedy
100
murder of young boy that really started a movement towards civil rights
Who is Emmett Till
100
prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, nation origin,and gender in all public facilities and the work force.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
civil rights leader who led marches and non violent protests
Who is Martin Luther King
200
trial that has no legal effect
What is mistrial
200
african american editor of the Clarion Ledger
Who is Ronnie Agnew
200
the murders of the three COFO workers who later found buried in a large mound
What is the Philadelphia murders
200
outlaws the literacy tests and poll taxes
What is Civil Right Act of 1965
300
led the Montgomery bus boycott
who is rosa parks
300
schools that told african americans about their rights as citizens
What is freedom schools
300
NAACP attorney who argued for desegregation
who is Thurgood Marshall
300
firebombing of his home results in his death in Hattiesburg MS
Who is Jeffery Dahmer
300
organization that supports the abolition of segregation and discrimination
What is NAACP
400
student leader of the SNCC, organized sit ins and marched in Selma
who is John Lewis
400
Large amount of a race leaving a certain location in MS
What is white flight
400
President of U.S. who signed the Civil Rights Acts
Who is Lyndon B Johnson
400
Civil Rights leader who was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith
Medgar Evers
400
naval program which allowed naval personal to attend college
What is navy v-12 program
500
Professor from Alcorn who applied to Ole Miss, was sent to Whitfield
Who is Clennon King
500
Members of the MS Freedom Democratic Party
What is regulars
500
governor of AL who refused to integrate schools
Who is George Wallace
500
journalist who finally gets the convictions for many of the Civil Rights trials that have previously been mistrials
Who is Jerry Mitchell
500
students who conducted the freedom schools
What is Council of Federated Organizations COFO