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Other Civil Rights Movements
100
This person gave the "I Have a Dream Speech"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
The I Have a Dream Speech was given in front of this place.
What is the Lincoln memorial?
100
This boycott in Montgomery in 1955 was led by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez and Mahatma Gandhi all believed in this.
What is nonviolence?
100
This person was the leader of the U.F.W. grape boycott.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
200
This person taught himself how to read and write in jail and was an important leader in the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X
200
This city became known as "Bombingham"
What is Birmingham Alabama?
200
These intentional protests at lunch counters led to the integration of certain restaurants.
What are the lunch counter sit-ins.
200
Malcolm X believed in this
What is Black separatism?
200
Gay marriage is a current issue that is very important to this movement.
What is the LGBTQIA movement?
300
These people were the first to integrate Little Rock Central High School
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
300
The famous bus boycott took place here
What is Montgomery Alabama?
300
This march from one city in Alabama to another became known for the police violently beating marchers.
What is the Selma to Montgomery march.
300
A portion of this famous writing says, "For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
What is the letter from Birmingham jail?
300
the supreme court case Roe V. Wade made abortion legal and was a major victory for this movement.
What is the women's movement?
400
This man was murdered for talking to a white woman.
Who was Emmett Till?
400
Four little girls were killed in a bombing at this church.
What is the 16th street Baptist Church of Birmingham Alabama?
400
This group of people were famous for taking integrated bus rides all over the south.
Who are the Freedom Riders.
400
In this speech Martin Luther King said, "I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech.
400
The people in this movement temporarily occupied Alcatraz island.
What is the Native American movement?
500
This woman refused to sit in the back of the bus
Who is Rosa Parks
500
Dr. King was assassinated in this city.
What is Memphis Tennessee?
500
The signing of this act was a major victory in the Civil Rights movement.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
500
This person believed violence was necessary in self defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
500
Wheelchair access in public places is a result of this movement.
What is the disabled rights movement?