Unit 6 Part 2

Front

What was the name of the famous Norman Rockwell painting that was inspired by Ruby Bridge's experience?

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The Problem We All Live With

Front

On September 30, 1962, white Southerners rioted and brutally attacked federal forces to prevent what black college student from attending the University of Mississippi?

Back

James Meredith

Front

What president sent 500 federal troops to James Meredith's dorm room to protect him after during a University of Mississippi football game, the governor of Mississippi encouraged Whites to take action to keep him from attending?

Back

John F. Kennedy

Front

What did rioters do to Charles Billingslea, the General in charge of the Mississippi National Guard and Army troops, when he arrived at James Meridith's dorm building to lead the men sent to protect him?

Back

Set his car on fire when he and two of his men were still inside

Front

After 3,000 troops were sent to Oxford, Mississippi to protect him, James Meredith was finally able to attend his first class and eventually graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor's degree in what subject?

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Political science

Front

In 1966, James Meridith was shot by a sniper when, by himself, he began a Civil Rights march from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi known as the "March Against Fear" to promote what?

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Voter registration by Blacks in the South

Front

After James Meredith was badly wounded by a sniper during his "March Against Fear", what two powerful civil rights leaders along with others, arrived to complete the march on his behalf?

Back

Stokely Carmichael and Martin Luther King Jr.

Front

What city was said to be the most segregated city in the United States and due to having over eighteen unsolved bombings in Black neighborhoods over a six year period was nicknamed Bombingham?

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Birmingham, Alabama

Front

During what was called the "D Day" demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama, the jails were filled to capacity with children ranging from what ages?

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6 to 18 years old

Front

Since the children had filled the jails, but he was still determined to stop the protests, Birmingham's city's commissioner of public safety, along with using K-9 forces (german shepherds), ordered what to happen to the protestors which mortified many people when the images were shown on television and in local newspapers?

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He ordered firefighters to turn their powerful water hoses on protestors.