Vocab
To refuse to use something
What is a Boycott?
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Rosa Parks was arrested for this
What is refusing to give up her bus seat to a white rider?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited this practice in the south
What is segregation in public places?
MLK Jr. gave this famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Unfair treatment, particularly based on race
What is Discrimination?
Civil rights leader best known for being the spark to start the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Who is Rosa Parks?
Over 200,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC to hear a now famous speech from this man in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This law led to changes in Voting Rights which outlawed literacy tests and voter suppression
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
MLK Jr. was a civil rights leader and a minister for this religion
What is Baptism?
Federal health insurance program mainly for older people
What is Medicare?
US President during the Civil Rights Era
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
College students in Greensboro, NC participated in this peaceful protest
What is a sit-in?
Brown v. Board of Education ruled this type of discrimination to be illegal
What is segregation in public school?
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday celebrated on this day in January
What is the third Monday of January?
Federal-state health insurance for low-income people
What is Medicaid?
Civil rights activist known for his advocacy for Black empowerment, human rights and a key figure in the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcom X?
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Citizens in an Alabama city stopped using the public buses during this protest
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
President Eisenhower sent these to Little Rock, Arkansas to make sure public schools were integrated
What are US troops?
MLK Jr. was assassinated in this Tennessee city
What is Memphis?
The refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust
What is Civil Disobedience?
an American labor leader and civil rights activist, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association
Who is Cesar Chavez?
A march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to support equal voting rights led to this violent day
What is Bloody Sunday?
Freedom riders rode on interstate buses all over the south to make this change
What is desegregating interstate buses?
MLK Jr. championed this type of peaceful protesting of unjust laws
What is civil disobedience?