The Civil Rights Movement

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  1. 3. first African American athlete to play major league baseball
  2. 4. where did the letter MLK wrote come from
  3. 5. who organized the Little Rock Nine desegregation events
  4. 6. speech MLK gave at the civil rights march on Washington
  5. 8. what has the civil rights movement been called before
  6. 10. an Arkansas high school where the brown decision was enforced
  7. 17. where did the brown vs board of education take place
  8. 18. where was MLK assassinated
  9. 19. where did the freedom march take place
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  1. 1. 1954 supreme court decision that all schools to be desegregated
  2. 2. what was the name of the school desegregation event
  3. 3. which president was assassinated in Dallas, Texas
  4. 7. law passed under President Johnson which outlawed literacy testing as a qualification to vote
  5. 9. who was the leader of the SNCC
  6. 11. Law passed by President Johnson which prohibited discrimination based on race
  7. 12. they wanted equal rights in...
  8. 13. the march on Washington occurred because they wanted equal..
  9. 14. what president signed the civil rights act of 1964
  10. 15. ordered the desegregation of the federal government
  11. 16. who led the freedom march on Washington