Who
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in Southern states by signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who freed the slaves in Southern states?
The organization was founded to protect black citizens from police brutality, serve its community and lead the nation to major social reform.
What type of organization was the Black Panthers?
When were the Black Panthers founded?
In Washington D.C. in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Where did MLK Jr. give his I Have a Dream speech?
She refused to give her seat to a white passenger.
Why did Rosa Parks go to prison?
This person was a pastor (or reverend) of a Baptist church.
Through his non-violent protests, he changed the United States' laws of segregation.
What did Martin Luther King change?
In 1963 at the March on Washington.
Where did MLK Jr. give his I Have a Dream speech?
Where were the Black Panthers founded?
He changed his name because he believed his last name, Little, was a name given to his family by white slaveholders.
Why did Malcolm X change his last name?
This person replaced their last name, "Little," with an X.
Who is Malcolm X?
A memorial in dedication to Abraham Lincoln located in Washington D.C.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
He was assassinated in 1965.
When did Malcolm X die?
When was Malcolm X assassinated?
She sat in the front of the bus.
Where did Rosa Parks sit?
MLK Jr. organized the Montgomery bus boycotts after reading about the story of Rosa Parks in the newspaper.
Why did MLK Jr. organize the Montgomery bus boycotts?
This person was the reason the Montgomery bus boycotts began.
Who is Rosa Parks?
A series of laws prohibiting blacks and whites from using the same public facilities.
What is segregation?
Abraham Lincoln signed it on January 1st, 1863.
When was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Where was MLK Jr. born?
The group was founded because they were disappointed with the failure of the civil rights movement and wanted to change society fundamentally.
These two people founded the Black Panthers.
Who are Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?
What is the Nation of Islam?
He joined the religious group while he was in prison.
When did Malcolm X join the Nation of Islam?
He was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
Where was Malcolm X born?
Why did MLK Jr. believe in nonviolent protest?