Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Printables
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Word List
Alabama
Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
assassination
boycott
civil rights
demonstration
desegregation
freedom
justice
march
oppressed
oppressor
poverty
protest
racism
riot
segregation
self-evident
sit-ins
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.


1.   The right to do, say, and think whatever you want.

   freedom   
2.   The belief or prejudice that members of one race are superior to members of other races.

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3.   A public display of the feelings and protests of a group of people.

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4.   To bring together people and to do away with the separation of people of different races.

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5.   A group's refusal to buy something or to take part in something.

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6.   The murder of a well-known or public figure.

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7.   A person of authority who treats people in a cruel or unjust manner.

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8.   An organized walk by a group of people to show their support for or to protest something.

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9.   The positive role that a government should take to enforce rules, laws, and regulations regardless of race, religion, sex, or other characteristics.

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10.   To be harshly or cruelly treated in an unjust way.

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11.   Something that needs no explanation or argument.

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12.   This black minister led the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s.

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13.   A form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move.

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14.   A demonstration to strongly object to something.

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15.   A southeastern U.S. state where Birmingham is located.

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16.   Not having enough money for food, clothing, and housing.

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17.   A group of angry people who become out of control. They may damage property and act violently.

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18.   The separation or practice of keeping people or groups apart.

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19.   The principle of equity, fairness, or moral rightness.

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20.   He believed in nonviolent resistance and protested against discrimination in India.

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21.   She refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. As a result, she was arrested and jailed.

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22.   The unfair treatment of someone because of prejudice.

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