Civil Rights Movement ; activists Flashcards
Mention 3 Civil Rights activists.
Maya Angelou Malcolm X Roda Parks Martin Luther King Jr Amelia Boynton Medgar Evers [any 3]
What did Maya Angelou do?
she wrote a 10 part documentary named ‘Blacks, Blues, Blacks’!’ after Martin Luther King’s and Malcolm X’s death.
she wrote ‘i know why the caged bird sings’. this served to be the 1st bestseller written by an African-American.
What did Malcolm X do?
he urged his fellow black Americans to protect themselves from white aggression by any means necessary.
What did Rosa Parks do?
she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus. this sparked the montgomery bus boycott.
What did Martin Luther King Jr do?
he led the Civil Rights movement.
he was involved in helping orchestrate the montgomery bus boycott.
What did Amelia Boynton do?
she championed voting rights for African-Americans.
she was brutally beaten for leading a civil rights march which became known as bloody sunday.
What did Medgar Evers do?
he was the 1st field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.
he organised voter-registration efforts, economic boycotts and investigated crimes perpetrated against blacks.
