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Eyes on the Prize
Civil Rights Movement flashcards with Mr. W
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mose Wright | risked life by testifying agaisnt white men |
| Rosa Parks | refused to give up her seat on the bus |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | leader of the Civil Rights movement |
| Medgar Evers | assassinated on front porch |
| James Meredith | struggled to enter the Univ. of Miss. |
| Emmitt Till | killed becaus of "talking fresh" to white woman |
| Dwight D. Eisenhauwer | President in '55 |
| John Kennedy | President in '62 |
| Lyndon Johnson | President in'65 |
| Robert Kennedy | Attorney General of USA |
| George Wallace | Govenor of Alabama |
| Birmingham | Alabama |
| Little Rock | Arkansas |
| Albany | Georgia |
| Washington | D.C. |
| Montgomery | Alabama |
| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| CORE | Congress of Racial Equality |
| SNCC | Student Non-violent Coordination Commitee |
| (blank) | Ku Klux Klan |
| FBI | Federal Burreal of Investigation |
| SCLC | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |