March on Washington Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 12 Public

Review of Kathleen Krull's book "What was the March on Washington?"

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She was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white person.

Rosa Parks

10

African Americans did this to public buses in 1955.

boycott

15

In 1954, this was ruled illegal in public schools.

segregation

15

This act was passed by President Johnson in 1965.

Voting Rights Act

20

This city was known as the most segregated U.S. city in 1963.

Birmingham, Alabama

15

He was the president during the March on Washington.

John F. Kennedy

15

"I Have a Dream" is his most famous speech.

Martin Luther King Jr.

10

This is the nation's oldest civil rights group.

NAACP

15

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this city.

Memphis, Tennessee

15

These were state and local laws that legalized racial segregation.

Jim Crow Laws

20

He was the youngest speaker at the March.

John Lewis

15

This memorial honors the president who helped to end slavery in the U.S.

Lincoln Memorial

10