Issues The Fight to End Slavery Leading People to Freedom Changing the Laws The Right to Vote The Fight for Equal Education The Fight for Desegregation Leading the Country Resistance to the Movement

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Can you believe that some Civil Rights Leaders were willing to give their lives to win their rights?  Some, like Nat Turner and John Brown, risked their lives to end slavery.  They killed slave owners and people who didn't want slavery to end, and they were killed as punishment for what they had done.  Even more peaceful civil rights leaders like Medgar Evars and Martin Luther King, Jr. died working to change all the unfair treatment to Blacks.

Nat Turner was willing to risk his life by killing slave owners and their families.  He had to run for his life because if he was caught, he knew he would be killed.  He believed that God had told him to kill all the slave owners to help end slavery, and he was willing to give his life to do that.

Like Nat Turner, John Brown, risked his life by killing people who thought slavery should continue.  He led many violent battles against people who supported slavery.  He even tried to steal weapons from the U.S. government to use them to help slaves kill their masters and escape to freedom.

Malcolm X risked his life just by preaching and encouraging others to fight against segregation in the 1960's.  The FBI followed his every move as he spoke to crowds about fighting for equality any way they knew how.

Martin Luther King, Jr. also preached and worked to end segregation.  Even though he spent his whole life encouraging Blacks to fight for their rights only in peaceful ways, he was killed by a violent, racist man.

Medgar Evers worked for equality, too.  All he wanted was for Blacks to be able to go to the same good colleges Whites could go to.  It is hard to understand why he was killed for that.

All of these civil rights leaders spent their lives fighting for equal treatment, not just for themselves, but for all people.  Sadly, they died fighting for what they believed in.  Remember their accomplishments as you do our Willing to Give Their Lives Word Search.

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