Civil Rights Basics
These are the rights that all people should have.
Civil rights or equal rights
Who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
MLK Jr.
This is when people stop buying or using something to protest and bring about a change.
Boycott
A person who fights to bring about change and make things fair.
Activist
This is where MLK Jr. grew up.
Atlanta, Georgia
When did the Civil Rights Movement take place?
during the 1950's and 1960's
She refused to give up her seat on a bus and was arrested.
Rosa Parks
This famous protest happened in Alabama after Rosa Parks was arrested.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This means keeping people apart based on their skin color.
Segregation
This is the age that MLK Jr. was when he graduated high school.
15
This word means the act of treating people unfairly because of their race, gender, age, religion, or disability.
Discrimination
He was the U.S. President during the the Civil Rights Movement until he was assassinated.
JFK
These are peaceful actions like marches and sit-ins that can bring about change.
Protests
This word means Blacks and Whites coming together and is the opposite of segregation.
Integration
This is the month that MLK Jr. was born.
January
Who killed MLK Jr.?
James Early Ray
This man believed in peaceful, non-violent protests.
MLK Jr.
This large march took place in Washington, D.C. where 250,000 people attended.
The March on Washington
This word means to murder someone for political or religious reasons.
Assassinate
MLK Jr. had this many children with his wife Coretta Scott King.
Four
This person was the first African American to attend an all white school.
Ruby Bridges
This woman was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white person, 9 months before Rosa Parks was arrested.
Claudette Colvin
This man's home was bombed when his wife and daughter were home but luckily no one was hurt.
MLK Jr.
This word means the idea or belief that one race is superior to another.
Racism
This is where MLK Jr. was assassinated.
The balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.