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RTS 335 - Social Ethics Quiz Review With Complete SolutionRoy Bryant and J.W. Milam
Men who murdered Emmett Till. Husband and brother-in-law of the woman Till spoke to.
they were arrested for the murder but acquitted by an an-white jury.
Bull Connor
He was the chief of police of Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.
His use of excessive force against the peaceful marchers on television brought attention
to the issue, and helped gain support for civil right legislation.
James Bevel
Minister and leader of the civil rights movement / helped with the march to Selma
Jim Clark
sheriff of Selma, AL, racist, very rough and cruel with black protesters
J. Edgar Hoover
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who investigated and harassed
alleged radicals.
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Feb 20, 1965 after participating in a peaceful protest in Alabama, that turned violent he
was shot by a state trooper while coming to the aid of his mother and died a few days
later. His death inspired a voting rights march; the violence at that protest—known as
"Bloody Sunday"—made more Americans favor civil rights, and made it possible to pass
, 1965's Voting Rights Act
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)
36th President, signed the civil rights act of 1964
John F. Kennedy
35th President, supported civil rights
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination
against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations.
John Lewis
student leader of SNCC who organized sit-ins, spoke in Washington, & marched in
Selma
Viola Liuzzo
She was a white woman from Detroit, Michigan that was an active role in supporting
blacks gaining voting rights. She was killed by the KKK while driving home a black
member of the SCLC.
Diane Nash
An African-American woman who was very involved in the civil rights movement,
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