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Gave a speech "I have a dream."

Martin Luther King


100

The Civil Rights Museum was located in

Memphis, TN

100

John F. Kennedy was able to pass a bill in

1964

100
Amendments that give every citizen the right to vote

15th and 19th

100
What is a sit in?

African Americans sit in diners to segregate the country.

200

Civil Rights Activist that began his March in 1965

James Meredith

200
The Black Panther Party was formed in
Oakland, CA
200

Where did Martin Luther King give his speech, "I have a dream."

Washington, DC

200
Voting Rights Act passed in

1965

200

Freedom Writers hoped to accomplish

Desegregate public transportation across state borders 

300

Martin Luther King stayed at the Lorraine Motel in what year?

1968

300
What was the most segregated city?

Birmingham

300

Sought to oppress African American life

Sharecropping, segregation in schools and public transportation, and restricted housing areas

300

What law was passed in 1965?

Voting Rights Act

300

Goal of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project (3)

Register African American voters, establish freedom schools, & to get two seats at the democratic party

400

Martin Luther King was assassinated in what year?

1968

400
The Civil Rights Museum was opened in

1991

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The African Americans in Montgomery boycotted the Montgomery transportation system for how long?

Over 380 days

400

Civil Rights Act

Outlawed segregation in public facilities and public accommodations

400
Brown VS the Board of Education took place in what year?

1954

500

Assassinated between 1963-1968

Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King JR

500

The first Freedom Ride took place in 

Washington, DC

500

What did Rosa Parks do?

She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama

500
On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court declared 

Segregated schools were unconstitutional

500

In 1946, the Supreme Court outlawed 

Segregation on interstate travel