Civil Right Campaign

Question 1

What event lasted for 381 days started by Rosa Parks led to MLK becoming a leader of the
civil rights movement and the supreme court ruling that segregation on buses was illegal?

Answer 1

Montgomery Bus Boycott (it involved 17,000 African Americans)

Question 2

200,000 African Americans attended MLK’s I have a dream speech in 1963. How many
whites attended?

Answer 2

50,000

Question 3

Name 3 non-violent civil rights organisations who used tactics such as sit ins and freedom
rides and marches to gain rights

Answer 3

SNCC, CORE, SCLC

Question 4

Legal challenges were the first step to ending segregation. What case ended segregation in schools?

Answer 4

Brown V Board

Question 5

Some black nationalist groups rejected non-violent direct action. Name two.

Answer 5

Nation of Islam and Black Panther Party

Question 6

When was the murder of Emmett Till?

Answer 6

1955

Lead to the MBB, he was 14 years old

Question 7

When was the Little Rock 9 case?

Answer 7

1957

Question 8

Name a member of the Little Rock 9?

Answer 8

Elizabeth Eckford

Question 9

Who opposed Little Rock 9?

Answer 9

Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus

Question 10

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 10

Legislation by LBJ, that prohibited discrimination of all kinds

Question 11

What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Answer 11

Ensured all Americans had the right to vote.

Question 12

Where were the first sits in held?

Answer 12

Woolworth’s Lunch Counter

Question 13

What happened in Birmingham Alabama in 1963?

Answer 13

• Civil Rights Protests
• Eugene Bull Connor head of Alabama police force orders the use of fire hoses and police dogs on demonstrators.
• children march with MLK, 900 arrested

Question 14

How many race riots were there between 1964 to 1967?

Answer 14

There were 329 major race riots in cities across America between 1964 and 1967, caused by the problems black people faced in the ghettos.

Question 15

From 1965-67 what happened in place like Watts, Los Angeles?

Answer 15

Race riots (caused by poor relations between the police and African Americans)

Question 16

What did the black olympian do after winning Gold in the Olympics?

Answer 16

Show the black power symbol

Tommie Smith and John Carlos

Question 17

What did Nation of Islam believe in?

Answer 17

Separatism (they believed white society was corrup, racist and also that Christianity was a white man’s religion).

Question 18

How many member were part of the black panther party?

Answer 18

Around 5000 in 1968

Question 19

Who was the most famous member of the Nation of Islam?

Answer 19

Malcolm X

Elijah Muhammad was the leader however.

Question 20

What was the 1968 Civil Rights Act following the death of MLK?

Answer 20

Fair housing rights act. Banned discrimination in housing.

Question 21

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

Answer 21

Allows all to vote, provide federal protection to those who vote.