was a well-known civil rights leader who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.
(You can use initials)
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr (MLK, JR.)
This event helped end bus segregation
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This is the act of separating people by race
Segregation
City where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
In Leon's Story, how would you describe Leon's first school
It was run-down, card board windows, teacher made lunch on a stove.
Known for refusing to give up her seat which lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
This lawsuit started by the family of Linda Brown, a young African American student in Kansas, had by 1954 reached the Supreme Court where it was decided that school segregation was illegal.
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This is the act of combining racial groups
integration
City where Martin Luther King gave his "I have a Dream" speech
Washington, D.C.
This person worked to get women the right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
This person used the Underground Railroad to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This march took place on Sunday, March 7, 1965. It started peaceful, but was broken up by police and other people who attacked the marchers. This has become known as this day.
What is Bloody Sunday?
This worker travels from place to place looking for jobs
Who is a migrant worker?
Where Ruby Bridges integrated the first school in Louisiana
New Orleans
Examples of this type of protest include boycotts, sit-ins, and marches.
non-violent protest
She help integrate the first school in New Orleans, Louisiana when she was only 6 years old.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
Martin Luther King lead a voting rights march just weeks after another march for had been violently stopped by police. The march was over 50 miles from Selma to this city in Alabama.
What is Montgomery?
Refusing to use or buy a service or good from a company
What is a boycott?
This city saw two marches, one that ended violently and another one that continued for 50 plus miles before ending in Montgomery, Alabama
The means the right to vote
Suffrage
Was a leader for migrant workers rights during the 1960s and 70s by leading first a strike and then a years long grape boycott
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This march, in August 1963, saw Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "I have a Dream" Speech and helped pass the 1964 Civil Rights law that ended segregation in the United States.
What was the March on Washington
The act of sitting for long periods in a place, like a restaurant, to protest
Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to this city to help its sanitation workers when he was shot and killed.
Memphis, Tennessee
This president helped pass two civil rights bills in the 1960s
Lyndon B. Johnson