Who Said That?
Who delivered a speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial called "I Have a Dream"?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
According to the book, who was the first person to bring up the idea of a bus boycott?
Jo Ann Robinson
What is an agitator?
A PERSON WHO STIRS UP PUBLIC FEELINGS ON CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
WHO INSPIRED MARTIN LUTHER KING TO USE NON-VIOLENCE TO PROTEST SEGREGATION?
MAHATMA GANDHI
WHAT DOES 200,000 REPRESENT
The approximate number of people who attended the Civl Rights March on Washington, D.C.
Who said, "Why do you all push us around?"
Rosa Parks (to the police who were arresting her for refusing to give up her seat)
This woman became the ideal test case to challenge the bus segregation laws in court.
Rosa Parks
What word is used to describe the separation of people based on race?
segregation
WHOSE COURT APPEAL WAS THROWN OUT ON A TECHNICALITY AND HER CONVICTION UPHELD?
ROSA PARKS
$500.00
The fine Martin Luther King had to pay.
What is the end of this quote from Mother Pollard? "MY FEETS IS TIRED..."
"...BUT MY SOUL IS RESTED."
WHAT PART OF THE GOVERNMENT DECLARED SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ON BUSES "ILLEGAL."
U.S. SUPREME COURT
What word do we use to describe "to refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change."
Boycott
WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY DO WE CELEBRATE ON THE 3RD MONDAY IN JANUARY?
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT LASTED HOW MANY DAYS?
381
WHO SAID "GET UP FROM THERE! GET UP FROM THERE!"?
THE BUS DRIVER WHO MADE JO ANN ROBINSON MOVE OFF OF THE BUS.
What famous speech was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August of 1963?
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
What are "Laws or rules that govern a group of people (such as a community, a state, or a nation) to make sure that people are treated fairly. "
Constitution
WHO WAS EMMETT TILL?
14 YR OLD WHO WAS BEATEN AND KILLED BY THE KKK BECAUSE HE WAS ACCUSED OF WHISTLING AT A WHITE WOMEN
115 people
The number of people indicted by the grand jury for being "leaders of the boycott".
"Regrets are fine, Mr. Seller (police commissioner), but you must face the fact that your public statements created the atmosphere for this bombing."
C.T.Smiley
WHICH PRESIDENT SIGNED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT INTO LAW?
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE MIXING OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNINTICITIES OR RACES?
INTEGRATION
WHAT INFLUENTIAL BLACK LEADER HELPED FOUND THE NAACP?
E.D. NIXON
At the first meeting to discuss the boycott, 150 people signed up to do this...
...lend their cars to the boycott.