Civil Rights

Question 1

Civil Right

Answer 1

Right to own property, enter into contracts, testify in court
Identified w/ natural rights

Question 2

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer 2

1929-1968
Fam of Bap ministers, Atlanta
Education: Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, Boston University
Married Coretta Scott, moved to Montgomery (bus boycott)
Organizes S Christian Leadership conference

Question 3

King and non-violent protest

Answer 3

Involved in efforts: desegregate, attention to police brutality, highlight voter suspension
Emphasized nonviolence, media attention
Early critic of Vietnam war
Arrested in Birmingham 1963
"letter from Birmingham Jail"

Question 4

Malcolm X

Answer 4

1925- 1965
Raised Bap
discovered islam while in prison (1946-1952)
Nation of Islam- teachings of Elijah Muhammad
Compelling leader in NY city
Left NOI in 1964
Assassinated by mems of NOI