Civil Rights Movement- 8th Period

1. Rosa Parks- Therese

1.1. Activists for Civil Rights

1.2. Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott

2. Elizabeth Eckford- Emma

2.1. Part of the Little Rock Nine

2.2. Would later join the Army

3. Malcolm X- Nathan

3.1. Black Muslim

3.2. Violent

4. Martin Luther King Jr. - Frankie

4.1. Assassinated

4.2. Protested for equal rights/March on Washington

5. Muhammad Ali- Aaron

5.1. Used as a face for the movement

5.2. Boxer

6. John Lewis- Acacia

6.1. Participated in the walk from Selma to Montgomery

6.2. Spoke at March on Washington

7. Jackie Robinson- Luke

7.1. 1st African American Baseball Player

7.2. Hall of Fame- Played for Dodgers

8. Bobby Seale- Braden

8.1. Co-Founder of the Black Panther

8.2. Violent Protestor

9. Stokely Carmichael- Andrew

9.1. Freedom Rides

9.2. Chairman of SNCC

10. Lyndon B. Johnson- Aly

10.1. Vision of a Great Society

10.2. President of the U.S. after JFK was assassinated

11. Bull Connor- Brilee

11.1. Racists

11.1.1. Commissioner- KKK

12. Thurgood Marshall- Kylee

12.1. 1st African American Supreme Court Justice

12.2. Lawyer for NAACP

13. James Meredith- Tyler

13.1. 1st African American to enroll to the University of Mississippi

13.2. Non-Violent

14. Huey Newton- Jacey

14.1. Co-Founder of Black Panthers

14.2. PH.D. in social philosphy