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2. A ww2 vet who was assassinated outside his home by a sniper 150 away hiding. He was a major civil rights activist.
3. a civil rights activist assassinated in 1968. Known for his “I have a dream” speech. Has a national holiday.
5. prohibited discrimination in the defense industry. The order kept people from discrimination in hiring practices.
6. a young boy abducted and murdered by white men for “offending” a white woman. His death lead and really started up the cilvil rights movement in the south.
8. a set of black students who were the first to attend an all white school.
11. was the first black person to unsegregated colleges.
12. One of the largest political demonstrations in us history. Also where MLK gave one of his most famous speeches.
14. an act in 1965 that made it legal for all races to vote.

1. it investigated the causes of racial injustice and riots. Made by president Lyndon Johnston in 1967.
3. Leader of the Nation of Islam. Also was assassinated in 1964.
4. What amendment was abolished in 1964. It prohibits states to tax polls and, keeping from people not being able to afford to vote.
7. Tested the 1960 ruling of the Supreme Court about unsegrating interstate travel. SNCC had a great involvement in this events.
9. Ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Occurred in 1954.
10. a set of laws enforced in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s that segregated and discriminated people of color.
13. A group of students came together to test if laws were being enforced in the south.