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| 1. | The ____ focused much attention on the nonviolent methods of protest and some of the violent responses. As a result of the ____, people around the world learned of the injustice that was taking place. |
| 2. | King's memoir Stride Toward Freedom (1958) focused on the ____ boycott. |
| 3. | King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. His speech and the 200,000 people who came to protest helped pressure Washington to pass the ____ Rights Act in 1964. |
| 5. | King's life came to an end when he was ____ in 1968. |
| 6. | King led many of these, such as the one he led at an Atlanta department store lunch counter. |
| 7. | In 1959 King went to this country to study Gandhi's ideas. |
| 10. | The ____ laws in many southern cities required black bus riders to sit in the back of the bus and give up their seats to white riders. |
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| 2. | King became president of the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1955. He was chosen to help lead a ____ of the segregated city buses. |
| 4. | Not having enough money for food, clothing, and housing. In 1966 King began to pay more attention to blacks living in conditions like this. |
| 8. | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized the United States government to enforce ____ of public accommodations. |
| 9. | She refused to give up her bus seat to a white person. As a result, she was arrested and jailed. (2 words) |
| 11. | When King was only 6 he had an experience with this. The parents of two of his white friends said that King could not play with them because of his skin color. |
| 12. | Despite having his house bombed, King believed and persuaded others to remain _____. |
| 13. | King spoke out against the war with this country that the United States was involved in. King believed it would not be right to protest against racial violence without also speaking against the violence of war. |
| 14. | The ____ Rights Act was passed in 1965. This law made it illegal to require people to know how to read before they could register to vote. |
| 15. | In 1963 hundreds of ____ children marched along with King and others down the streets of downtown Birmingham. They were violently stopped by attack dogs, police officers, and firefighters. |
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