Civil Rights Movement: Kristen Streacker

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  1. 4. Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr
  2. 7. Was a leader in India's struggle for independence, MLK used his methods
  3. 9. Organized the Freedom Rides
  4. 11. A change in the constitution that granted ex-slaves citizenship
  5. 12. Knowingly and deliberately violating a law that is perceived to be unjust and willingly accepting the consequences for such action (fines, jail etc.)
  6. 17. City in Tennessee where MLK was assassinated
  7. 18. The incident with Rosa Parks sparked this, where blacks refused to use the city to get to work (they either walked or carpooled)
  8. 20. Organization that fought for the rights of African Americans; created in 1909 and is the oldest civil rights organization
  9. 23. Workshops on nonviolent methods were conducted in this city and on campuses of African American colleges across the south
  10. 24. Number of children killed during the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
  11. 25. Also known as the march from Selma to Montgomery
  12. 27. A change in the constitution to which the poll tax was outlawed
  13. 28. 3rd grader, her parents sued the school board to get their daughter in an all-white school
  14. 29. Managed the sit-in protests and their success helped overturn segregation laws in many cities
  15. 30. Father was killed by the KKK which led to him leading a life of crime. In 1965 he was assassinated by a black Muslim
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  1. 1. The movement whose goals were desegregation, voting rights, and the equality of opportunity in education, housing, and employment
  2. 2. Supreme Court case that ruled separate but equal facilities for different races are equal
  3. 3. Name of the motel that MLK was assassinated at
  4. 5. When a college or a company sets a side a number for a minority position
  5. 6. The white male who accused the school board with "reverse discrimination"
  6. 8. City notorious for its segregation and racial hatred, nicknamed "Bombingham"
  7. 10. He was a huge part of the Civil Rights Movement; gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  8. 13. Served as an NAACP lawyer who represented the children in the Brown vs. Board of Education case
  9. 14. King led a march from Selma to Montgomery that was this many miles away
  10. 15. Laws which were passed to segregate blacks and whites forcing blacks to use separate public facilities
  11. 16. Refused to move to the back of a city bus for a white man
  12. 19. City in Kansas where the Brown vs. Board of Education was held
  13. 21. The separation between whites and blacks which started the Civil Rights Movement
  14. 22. Governor of Arkansas ordered the National Guard to block the entrance to the school to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering
  15. 26. The name of the High-school which the Little Rock Nine was chosen to go to school at