Martin Luther King Jr.
Name of his most famous speech
I Have a Dream
Job or profession that he is most famous for
Boxer
Group of people that he helped to earn rights for
Farm workers
Refused to give up her seat on a bus and inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
The separation by race (e.g. movie theaters, drinking fountains, bathrooms, restaurants, and schools)
segregation
Grew up in this state
Georgia
His original name
Cassius Clay
The state that he grew up in and primarily worked in
California
The civil rights leader who inspired Martin Luther King Jr. to use nonviolent protests
Gandhi
rights that all human beings should have in order to be treated fairly and with respect
civil rights
What job was he known for prior to being a civil rights activist?
Pastor/minister
The reason why he decided to change his name
He wanted to choose his name rather than have a slave name.
The last grade he was in when he stopped going to school
8th Grade
The first African American baseball player in the Major Leagues
Jackie Robinson
the act of treating someone with disrespect because of their race or other superficial trait
discrimination
organized a bus boycott in this city and state
Montgomery, Alabama
The reason why he was arrested
He refused to fight in the Vietnam War
The fruit that he organized a boycott of
Grapes
Changed his name in order to not have a slave name after converting to Islam (besides Muhammad Ali)
Malcolm X
boycott
The number of times he was arrested
At least 20 times
The civil rights leader that he was really close with due to their bond over converting to Islam.
Malcolm X
The reason that he organized a boycott
Get a raise for farmworkers for an additional 50 cents per hour
The first African American president of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
bringing people together and including things such as schools
integration