Types of Non-Violent Protests
A non-violent protest that consists of people walking together to bring attention to unfair laws against Black Americans
March
Name a Civil Rights Activist
John Lewis, MLK, Malcolm X, Philip Randolph, Rosa Parks etc
Why did the "March to Washington" stop in Washington D.C.?
That is where laws are changed, that's where the President lives, Washington is the capital, etc...
What were "separate but equal" laws in the South called?
Jim Crow laws
A form of protest in which people sit down and refuse to move.
Sit-Ins
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" Speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Name a form of a non-violent protest demonstrated by civil rights activists to bring about change?
Protests, marches, sit-ins, boycotts, demonstrations, and legal action.
To keep apart on basis of group differences, such as race -- is the definition of what word?
Segregation
A non-violent protest that consists of activists not using or buying something until an unfair policy is changed.
Boycott
She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama and was later arrested, for standing up for her rights. She is also known as "the First Lady or Mother of Civil Rights". Who is this activist?
Rosa Parks
This boycott led to the desegregation of public bus transportation?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Peaceful means of bringing about change.
Non-Violence
Name an example of a non-violent way to protest?
Talk about it, write a letter, create a sign, talk to a staff member, go to someone we trust to protest, sit-ins, marches, boycotts, etc...
Led the March to Washington in 1963?
Bayard Rustin
What was the moment or event called, where four students sat to take a stand for their civil rights? And, what were the four students known as?
Greensboro Sit-Ins AND the Greensboro Four
To bring together a group of people regardless if differences, such as race. What is the word that fits this definition?
Desegregation
Four (4) civil rights activists who were college students protested by refusing to move until they were served food. Non-violent protest known as a sit-in. What is the name of the group of activists?
The Greensboro Four (4)
This famous speech was spoken at the March on Washington by Martin Luther King Jr, a reverend, civil rights activist, husband, father, and more.
"I Have A Dream" speech.
Rights that are guaranteed to every citizen who has equal protection under the law, often found in a country's constitution.
Civil Rights
This law finally stopped the discrimination against race, color, religion, gender, and national origin?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Unfair treatment of a person or group based on gender, race, age, religion, or other differences -- is the definition of what word?
Discrimination