Civil rights

Question 1

Southern christian leadership conference

Answer 1

Formed by MLK 1957 - ran conferences and trained activists on direct action

Question 2

Student non-violent coordinating committee

Answer 2

AA and white students

Helped in civil rights movement

Question 3

Congress of racial equality

Answer 3

Formed by James Farmer

Conducted sit ins and freedom rides

Question 4

Civil rights act 1964

Answer 4

Illegal to discriminate in employment or segregate in public spaces

Question 5

What percent of AA were registered to vote in 1950 Mississippi?

Answer 5

5 percent

Question 6

Compare the wages of teachers in the south in 1950

Answer 6

AA earned 30 percent less than white teachers

Question 7

How was education limited for African Americans?

Answer 7

Blacks only schools were poorer quality and best universities didn’t accept black students or teachers

Question 8

Which organisation filed the Brown va Board of education case?

Answer 8

1954 NAACP

Question 9

Which group was set up after Brown vs board in south to resist desegregation?

Answer 9

White citizens council

Question 10

Which organisation coordinated Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 10

Montgomery improvement association (directed by MLK)

Question 11

What was the emmett till case?

Answer 11

Murderers were acquitted by all white jury of murdering emmet till a 14 year old AA boy.

Question 12

Sit in

Answer 12

February 1960 Greensboro North Carolina

Black students sat in whites only section ( woolsworth )

By end of April 50,000 students took part

Question 13

Selma March

Answer 13

SCLC March for voting rights
Marchers were fiercely attacked by police - Bloody Sunday

Question 14

Civil rights act 1968

Answer 14

Banned housing discrimination- included fair housing act

Question 15

Voting rights act 1965

Answer 15

Federal supervision to protect right to vote - illegal literacy tests and intimidation