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Who gave the famous "I have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King, Jr
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The____ _____case was a important part because it upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Dred Scott
What was it called when colored and or people supported the civil rights movement, when they sat in restaurants and didn't pay because they didn't serve them?
The sit in act
Who was the famous baseball player that championed integrated education, voting rights and fair housing?
Jackie Robinson
A very bad man who became governor in the south and was a segregationist.
Herman Talmadge
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr's mentor
Benjamin Mays
Who won this case in 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Brown, and everybody won
What was the march called when Martin Luther King, Jr led 250,000 people on a civil rights march
March on Washington
Who was the black female that helped people in the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
A group of people who despised blacks and murdered them in front of the homes and family
KKK
Who was the first African American mayor for Atlanta, in 1973?
Maynard Jackson
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_______ were segregated and separated white children from black children.
Schools
What was the movement involving the NAACP and SNCC. Also they arrested over 500 people.
The Albany Movement.
who is the Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time?
Usain Bolt
Who was Herman Talmadge's son another bad man.
Eugene Talmadge
As Martin Luther King, Jr grew in popularity for the civil rights movement. Who aided him through the civil rights act?
Andrew Young, the civil rights activist.
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_____ fountains were another segregated thing too like, but not the only.
Water
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They didn't allow colored kids to go too the same______.
Segregated Schools
A famous basketball player that passed but was a memorable player known as the Black Mamba, who is this.
Kobe Bryant
A man who was formerly a bad man but then became a governor, but in this category he is bad.
He closed his Atlanta restaurant because he refused to serve blacks.
Lestor maddox
A male who closed his Atlanta restaurant, but surprised people after he was elected to be Georgia's Governor.
Lester Maddox
In this case, the Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law requiring railroads to separate blacks and whites into different passenger cars. Who had this case
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case
What was the famous boycott that Rosa Park did?
The famous bus boycott.
Who was the first African American female astronaut?
Guy Bluford
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The ___ ____ laws that enforced a strict system of racial segregation where by they were not allowed to use many of the same facilities used by white people.
Jim crow