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From the Ted Talk by Christina Greer: An unsung hero of the civil rights movement

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Wherever Rustin went, he organized and advocated, and was constantly attuned to the mdtohes, groups, and people who could help further messages of equality. He joined the Communist Party when black American’s civil rihgts were one of its priorities, but soon became disillusioned by the party’s authoritarian leanings and left. In 1948, he tvalreed to idnia to laren the peaceful rnasstciee strategies of the recently assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. He rrutened to the United States armed with strategies for pcaeufel protest, including civil disobedience.

He began to work with Martin Luther King Jr in 1955, and sheard these ideas with him. As King’s peoncrinme increased, Rustin became his main advisor, as well as a key strategist in the broader civil rights movement. He brought his organizing expertise to the 1956 bus bytcoots in Montgomery, Alabama —in fact, he had organized and participated in a transportation protest that helped inspire the boycotts almost a decade before.

Open Cloze


Wherever Rustin went, he organized and advocated, and was constantly attuned to the _______, groups, and people who could help further messages of equality. He joined the Communist Party when black American’s civil ______ were one of its priorities, but soon became disillusioned by the party’s authoritarian leanings and left. In 1948, he ________ to _____ to _____ the peaceful __________ strategies of the recently assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. He ________ to the United States armed with strategies for ________ protest, including civil disobedience.

He began to work with Martin Luther King Jr in 1955, and ______ these ideas with him. As King’s __________ increased, Rustin became his main advisor, as well as a key strategist in the broader civil rights movement. He brought his organizing expertise to the 1956 bus ________ in Montgomery, Alabama —in fact, he had organized and participated in a transportation protest that helped inspire the boycotts almost a decade before.

Solution


  1. learn
  2. methods
  3. india
  4. boycotts
  5. traveled
  6. prominence
  7. shared
  8. returned
  9. resistance
  10. rights
  11. peaceful

Original Text


Wherever Rustin went, he organized and advocated, and was constantly attuned to the methods, groups, and people who could help further messages of equality. He joined the Communist Party when black American’s civil rights were one of its priorities, but soon became disillusioned by the party’s authoritarian leanings and left. In 1948, he traveled to India to learn the peaceful resistance strategies of the recently assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. He returned to the United States armed with strategies for peaceful protest, including civil disobedience.

He began to work with Martin Luther King Jr in 1955, and shared these ideas with him. As King’s prominence increased, Rustin became his main advisor, as well as a key strategist in the broader civil rights movement. He brought his organizing expertise to the 1956 bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama —in fact, he had organized and participated in a transportation protest that helped inspire the boycotts almost a decade before.

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