Civil Rights and Social Movements

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  1. 4. Leader who spoke of 'The Ballot or the Bullet,' reflecting on civil rights and black nationalism
  2. 8. Movement focusing on the fair distribution of environmental benefits and burdens
  3. 10. Movement that emphasized racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions
  4. 11. A system of society or government in which men hold the power, explicitly criticized in the Combahee River Collective Statement as an interlocking system of oppression with racism and classism
  5. 13. Event famous for MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech, a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement
  6. 14. The practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to minorities, often criticized by civil rights activists
  7. 15. Abolitionist and women's rights activist famous for her 1851 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech
  8. 17. Term describing overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression
  9. 19. Activist and academic who became globally known in the 1960s and 1970s for her involvement in civil rights and radical activism
  10. 20. A principle of peaceful protest, central to the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., contrasted in other movements of the time
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  1. 1. Movement highlighting the multiple oppressions faced by women of color
  2. 2. Organization founded in 1966, known for advocating armed self-defense in response to police brutality
  3. 3. 1961 initiative that challenged racial segregation in the Southern United States through interstate travel
  4. 5. Co-founder of a prominent party in the 1960s that advocated for African American self-defense
  5. 6. Type of movement building from the ground up, often referenced by civil rights leaders to describe community-based organizing
  6. 7. 1969 events marked as the beginning of the LGBT rights movement in the U.S.
  7. 9. Federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in education programs that receive federal financial assistance
  8. 12. Landmark 1965 law that aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting
  9. 16. Her 1963 book sparked the second wave of feminism in the United States
  10. 18. 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's legal right to an abortion