June 1963, Governor George Wallace stood in front of the door to the University of ______ , blocking two African Americans from enrolling.
Starts with
B
Slema March, near the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sheriff Clark ordered protesters to disperse, and many were beaten in full view of television cameras. This brutal attack was known as _____ sunday.
Starts with
C
The KKK bombed a _____ in Birmingham, killing four young girls.
Starts with
D
August 1963, March on Washington, 250,000 demonstrators gathered near the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King delivered his “I have a _____ ” speech
Starts with
E
1964, 24th Amendment eliminated poll taxes in federal _____ , but not at the state level, so MLK decided to hold another protest.
Starts with
F
Volunteer Robert Moses urged SNCC to start helping rural Southern African Americans, who often faced violence if they tried to register to vote. This was a period of registration efforts known as _____ Summer,
Starts with
G
The _____ of Alabama, George Wallace, stood in front of the admissions office at the University of Alabama, blocking two African American students.
When Kennedy found that Freedom Riders were still active, he ordered the _____ Commerce Commission to tighten regulations on segregated bus terminals.
Starts with
J
From a Birmingham _____ , King said it was okay to break unjust laws.
Starts with
K
Convinced that a new law was needed to protect African American voting rights, at the state level, Dr. _____ decided to hold another dramatic protest.
Starts with
L
Voting Rights Act of 1965 suspended discriminatory devices, such as _____ tests, in counties where less than half of all adults had been registered to vote.
Starts with
M
Civil rights leaders kept pressure on legislators and the president by planning a _____ on Washington, August 1963, where more than 250,000 demonstrators gathered near the Lincoln Memorial
Starts with
N
Urged by former NAACP official and SCLC executive director Ella Baker, students established the Student _____ Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.
Contains
O
Many African Americans were living in ghettos in the nation’s major cities, so in 1965 the civil rights movement turned its attention to African Americans trapped in _____ .
Starts with
P
In Letter from a Birmingham Jail, King aruged: "Any law that degrades human _____ is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul."
Contains
Q
Civil Rights Act of 1964 was most comprehensive civil rights law ever, granting citizens of all races and nationalities _____ access to public facilities.
Starts with
R
May 1961, African American & white volunteers became known as Freedom _____ , boarding interstate buses & meeting angry mobs in Anniston and Montgomery, who slit tires and threw rocks.
Starts with
S
News of the daring sit-in spread quickly. Within two months, sit-ins had spread to 54 cities in nine states. They were staged at _____ stores, restaurants, hotels, and theaters.
Starts with
T
Kennedy brought 40 African Americans into high-level government positions, appointing _____ Marshall to a federal judgeship on the Second Circuit Appeals Court in New York.
Starts with
U
In Letter from Birmingham Jail, King argued: one has a moral responsibility to disobey _____ laws.
Starts with
V
Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorized the U.S. attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified _____ , bypassing local officials who often refused to register African Americans.
Starts with
W
February 1960, four friends entered the nearby _____ department store, purchased school supplies, sat at the whites-only lunch counter, and stayed until it closed.
Contains
X
Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed attorney general to send federal _____ to register voters, bypassing local officials who refused to register African Americans.
Contains
Y
1961, freedom riders boarded interstate buses & were met by angry mobs in Anniston, Birmingham, & ____ Alabama, slitting tires, throwing rocks, throwing bombs.
Contains
Z
Voting Rights Act of 1965 _____ attorney general to bypass local officials who refused to register African Americans to vote
