Martin Luther King Jr.

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  1. 2. King graduated from ________ T. Washington high school
  2. 3. Man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. (just last name)
  3. 7. MLK went to _______ College at the age of 15.
  4. 9. The church that MLK co-pastored with his father and grandfather.
  5. 10. March on _______ was held in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I have a dream..." speech. 250,000 people attended
  6. 14. The city that MLK was born in.
  7. 16. State where King was assassinated.
  8. 18. This was a march from Salem, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama and was a series of protests for black civil rights. (no space)
  9. 19. a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
  10. 20. The Civil _____ Act made racial and religious by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
  11. 21. The ______ Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
  12. 22. The month that King was born.
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  1. 1. “Letter From Birmingham Jail” was a letter to King’s ______ explaining his philosophy of nonviolence and why he would continue to protest.
  2. 4. Number of MLK's children.
  3. 5. State where King was born.
  4. 6. ________ rides, the series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961 rally.
  5. 8. Man who wanted equal rights for all people and was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. (just last name)
  6. 11. The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
  7. 12. a seamstress and civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama who worked with MLKJ
  8. 13. Christian denomination that King studied in college
  9. 15. King's most famous speech was, "I have a _____."
  10. 17. first name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife.