| A | B |
|---|
| Robert Kennedy | Ran the Justice Department during his brother’s presidency |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | 26-year-old pastor from Alabama, challenged segregation throughout the South |
| Thurgood Marshall | Chief Counsel for the NAACP, named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 |
| Rosa Parks | Challenged segregation on city busses; sparked Montgomery bus boycott |
| Malcolm X | Influenced militant African American leaders who preached black power |
| NAACP | organization that used the strategy of using lawsuits to weaken segregation |
| President John F. Kennedy | "...Ask not what your country can do for you---ask what you can do for your country." |
| President Lyndon Johnson | declared a "War on Poverty" and worked with Congress to develop the Great Society programs |
