civil rights movement (african-americans)

Civil Rights Movement

(African-americans fought to end discrimination and unfair segragation practices in the United States)

Poll

In your opinion, which group is the most discriminated in the U.S.?

• Disabled people

• Women

• LGBT+

• African-americans

• Mexicans

African-American female hero of civil rights movement who refuse to give a white man her seat on a bus

(THE BUS IS IN DETROIT CAR MUSEUM TODAY)

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​Rosa Parks

Multiple Choice

Why Rosa Parks did NOT give her seat to a white man at the bus?

• she was tired

• she thought it was unfair the segregation laws and wanted to protest against that kind of injustice

• she was afraid the bus driver could beat her

Fill in the Blanks

Name of the woman whose courgage started a social movement lead by Martin Luther King?

The organization of Martin Luther King, Jr.

​Southern Christian Leadership Conference

1.                This organization was formed in reaction to the arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery (ALABAMA) Bus Boycott.

Their purpose was to coordinate protest activities across the South. The first President of this organization was the religious PASTOR Martin Luther King Jr.

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TO LIVE IN A NATION WHERE PEOPLE IS NOT JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER

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​​Ku Klux Klan

​​Black Panthers

Multiple Choice

1.                What was the Black Panther party?

• a)         African American group who armed and protected other African Americans

• A racist white supremacy group

Fill in the Blanks

   Which word means to separate by gender, race, or religion?