GA Individuals & Groups in Civil Rights Movement

​ (a)   was born in Atlanta, became a minister, and was a national leader in the battle for civil rights. He believed in using ​ (b)   methods, such as marches, demonstrations & boycotts. He helped to form a civil rigths group called the​ (c)   .

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• nonviolent
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
• John Lewis
• violent
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

What was the name of the boycott that took place in Montgomery, AL, where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger?

• March on Washington

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Atlanta Race Riot

• Albany Movement

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was important because it showed that...

• nonviolent protests could work

• nonviolent protests could NOT work

• change can only happen through force and violence

The ​ (a)   formed shortly after the ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   was the first president. This group believed in using ​ (d)   protests, such as sit-ins and bus boycotts.

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• nonviolent
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
• John Lewis
• violent

a form of protest where demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move

• march

• bus boycott

• sit-in

• riot

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, stuggled to gain attention due to people being afraid of violence from what TWO groups? (Click 2!!)

• the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• angry mobs

• African Americans

​ (a)   was born in segregated Alabama. He listened to speeches by ​ (b)   and this influenced him to join the civil rights movement. Like MLK, he also believed in using ​ (c)   methods of protesting.

• John Lewis
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• nonviolent
• violent

​ (a)   served as chairmen for the ​ (b)   . After the civil rights movement ended, he continued to help by entering ​ (c)   and representing ​ (d)   in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• John Lewis
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
• politics
• metro Atlanta
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Match the following

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• civil rights group that marched and protested throughout the South; MLK was first president

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe

• influenced by MLK, participated in the Civil Rights Movement & was a representative for GA in Congress

• John Lewis

• formed by high school & college students, often worked with the SCLC; used nonviolent methods

• boycott

• national leader for civil rights in the U.S. & involved with the SCLC

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• refusing to buy, sell, or use something

The ​ (a)   took place in Albany, GA from fall 1961-summer 1962. It was a ​ (b)   movement that involved organizations like the NAACP and the ​ SNCC . The goal was to end segregation in Albany. ​ (c)   even came to help. The desegregation efforts (d)   beause these groups were doing ​ (e)   .

• Albany Movement
• desegregation
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• failed
• too many things
• March on Washington
• John Lewis
• succeeded