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Martin Luther King Jr.
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This leader was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott, a pivotal event of the movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
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Supreme Court decision that approved racial segregation laws under "separate but equal' rule.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
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unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or ethnicity.
What is Discrimination?
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth name.
What is Michael? The family traveled to Europe in 1934 and visited Germany. His father soon changed both of their names to Martin Luther in honor of the German Protestant leader Martin Luther.
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His writings and practices inspired Martin Luther King towards non-violence and civil disobedience.
Who is Mahatma Gandhi? Inspired by Gandhi’s success with non-violent activism, King visited Gandhi’s birthplace in India in 1959. The trip to India affected King in a profound way, deepening his understanding of non-violent resistance and his commitment to America’s struggle for civil rights. King was also said to be influenced by Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Mays, Hosea Williams, Bayard Rustin, Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman and Leo Tolstoy.
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The iconic leader who led the civil rights movement on the basis of nonviolent civil disobedience.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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President Eisenhower had to send federal troops to enforce integration in a high school in Arkansas.
What is The Little Rock Crisis?
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prejudice, discriminatory, or abusive behavior towards members of another race.
What is Racism?
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Leader who during the course of the civil rights movement was bombed, stabbed, arrested, and assassinated.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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Massive rally to support the civil rights bill where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington? The March, and especially King’s speech, helped put civil rights at the very top of the liberal political agenda in the United States and facilitated passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The civil rights leader who advocated black nationalism and aggression in teh fight for civil rights.
Who is Malcolm X?
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Activists rode interstate buses into Southern states to challenge local segregation laws.
What are Freedom Riders?
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Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
What is Civil Rights?
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Department store who promised 30 new jobs to African Americans after the march in Seattle, demanding greater job opportunties for African Americans.
What is the Bon Marche (currently Macys)?
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King's efforts were not limited to securing civil rights; he also spoke out against poverty and this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
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US president who sent the most comprehensive civil rights bill proposal to the Congress in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
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Landmark Supreme Court ruling that delcared racial segregation in schools as unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
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protest inform of refusal to engage or do business with an organization or country.
What is Boycott?
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Became the largest city in the United States to desegregate its schools without a court order.
What is Seattle?
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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received this award.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Courageous civil rights lawyer during a period when racial segregation was the law of the land--most famous case was Brown vs. Board of Education which ended segregation in public schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
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One year boycott of buses, sparked by Rosa Parks, to protest against segregation in the public transit.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott? On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. As a result, King helped organize The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Lasting for 385 days, the situation became so tense that King’s house was bombed and he was also arrested at one point. In the end however, the United States District Court ruled to end racial segregation on all Montgomery public buses.
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a form of protest where people peacefully occupy an area and refuse to leave.
What are sit-ins?
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The MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service. The logo used by all states this.
What is "day on, not a day off."? Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Logo a "day on, not a day off." . The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President's national call to service initiative. It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems. The MLK Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King's vision of a "Beloved Community."
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This year was when Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all fifty U.S. states.
What is the year 2000?