Scavenger Hunt What the 2. What happened in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas? 3. What happened to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (give at least 2 notable events)? a. b. 4. Give the names of the following political leaders at the time of the Civil Rights Movement: a. President b. Vice President 5. List three of the awards MLK Jr. received (such as the Nobel Peace Prize): a. b. c. 6. What relevance does the title "Selma" have to MLK Jr. ("hint: NOT the movie title, think In 8. In what year was MLKJr. assassinated? 9. Who is another man/woman who has made great contributions to the Civil Rights Movement? 10. Who is a man/woman who has made great contributions the U.S society?

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Scavenger Hunt What the 2. What happened in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas? 3. What happened to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 (give at least 2 notable events)? a. b. 4. Give the names of the following political leaders at the time of the Civil Rights Movement: a. President b. Vice President 5. List three of the awards MLK Jr. received (such as the Nobel Peace Prize): a. b. c. 6. What relevance does the title "Selma" have to MLK Jr. ("hint: NOT the movie title, think In 8. In what year was MLKJr. assassinated? 9. Who is another man/woman who has made great contributions to the Civil Rights Movement? 10. Who is a man/woman who has made great contributions the U.S society?

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1. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.2. In 1954, the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional, overturning the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson.3. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963: a. He led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. b. He was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, and wrote his influential "Letter from Birmingham Jail."4. Political leaders during the Civil Rights Movement: a. President: John F. Kennedy (1961-1963), Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) b. Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963), Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)5. Awards received by MLK Jr.: a. Nobel Peace Prize (1964) b. Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous) c. Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous)6. The title "Selma" is relevant to MLK Jr. because it refers to the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, which were key events in the Civil Rights Movement, advocating for voting rights.7. In 1967, MLK Jr. published the book "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?"8. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.9. Another significant figure in the Civil Rights Movement is Rosa Parks, who played a pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white man.10. Thurgood Marshall made great contributions to U.S. society as the first African American Supreme Court Justice, known for his work as a lawyer on landmark civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.

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