Civil Rights-J Benjamin

4. 50's migration where middle-class white Americans fled to suburbs leaving inner cities to decay
7. civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
9. Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice
10. Civil rights leader who opposed discrimination against blacks by using nonviolence and peaceful demonstration, he was assassinated
12. 14 year old boy that was killed by whites for flirting with a white woman.

1. riding buses through the south to challenge illegal segregation
2. political party focused on black power and believed in the right to arm yourself and use violence
3. A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American voting rights.
5. A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote.
6. Protests by black college students who took seats at "whites only" lunch counters and refused to leave until served
8. A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
11. Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites