JFK
I assassinated John F. Kennedy.
Lee Harvey Oswald
"I Have a Dream", the SCLC, and protesting peacefully are the things I am most known for.
This was triggered by outrage when Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the "White's Only" section of the bus. This event led to the desegregation of buses in the South.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections.
24th Amendment
Formed after Montgomery ____________________and led by MLK Jr. Their goal was to organize mass, non-violent protests across the South.(Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) )
bus boycotts
I took over as president after Kennedy was assassinated.
Lyndon B. Johnson
I didn't get up from my seat in the "White's Only" section of the bus and got myself arrested.
Rosa Parks
Protests in this city failed due to African Americans not feeling discriminated against and relatively little media coverage.
Chicago
It was this court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson. It ruled that separate but equal was no longer okay in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
Based on Gandhi's teachings, this involved occupying seats and areas in "White's Only" establishments and peacefully sitting there until they were served.
civil disobedience
This crisis led to the a wall being built in the capital city of Germany to separate the Communist East and the Democratic West.
The Berlin Crisis
I was a radical Civil Rights leaders, part of the Nation of Islam, that believed protesting in violence would be a much more efficient way of achieving change.
Malcolm X
Dr. King followed which individual's ideals about civil-disobedience
Ghandi
The proposal of this act led to the March on Washington. It would ban discrimination in employment and in public places like restrooms, restaurants, hotels, and gas stations.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
250,000 supporters flocked to this event to show their support for the civil rights movement and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
March on Washington
A spy plane's findings led to high tensions between US and USSR, because the plane photographed missiles being assembled in fields in Cuba. This was it's name.
Cuban Missile Crisis
As co-founder of the SNCC, I organized many non-violent protests, I marched on Washington, and marched from Selma to Montgomery, where me and hundreds of others were beaten badly by police officers.
John Lewis
These people rode buses through the South, stopping at "White's Only" establishments and peacefully protesting at each one.
Freedom Riders
This was the original court case in 1896 that legalized segregation saying "separate but equal" was constitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Led by many young African Americans in Tennessee and North Carolina. Sponsored many sit in campaigns.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
This is the place of the failed invasion of Cuba that the United States was "not officially a part of."
Bay of Pigs
I was the first African American to be admitted to the University of Mississippi. The governor tried to keep me out but the Attorney General Robert Kennedy had my back.
James Meredith
It was in this city that young protesters were sprayed with fire hoses on national television.
Montgomery, Alabama
This goal of this act was to help register African Americans to vote and take away any poll taxes in federal elections.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Mr D's home-town.....not Detroit
Southfield