Civil Rights Dates

Question 1

When was the Brown vs. Topeka case?

Answer 1

1954

Question 2

When was the integration of 9 black students at Little Rock High School?

Answer 2

1957

Question 3

When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Answer 3

1955

Question 4

When was the murder of Emmet Till?

Answer 4

1955

Emmett was murdered. The open viewing at his funeral led to large media coverage

Question 5

When was the Greensboro sit-in movement?

Answer 5

February 1960

Question 6

When was the movement of the Freedom Riders?

Answer 6

1961

-aim was to create negative media coverage of segregation so that the government would force states to desegregate

Question 7

When was the movement in Birmingham?

Answer 7

1963

• included peaceful marches, sit ins, boycotts, and public meetings
• hundreds of arrests, use of police dogs and water canons

Question 8

When was the March on Washington?

Answer 8

August 1963

• More than 25,000 attended
• MLK’s ‘I had a dream’ speech

Question 9

When was the Freedom Summer?

Answer 9

1964

- aim was to host voter registration

Question 10

When was the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 10

1964

• Forced school desegregation
• Government could stop funding of unequal projects
• No discrimination in voter tests
• Banned discrimination in public buildings
• Banned employment discrimination in larger businesses
• Set up Equal Employment Opportunities Commission to combat work discrimination

Question 11

When was the Voting Rights Act?

Answer 11

1965

• introduced standard voting registration process across the US, controlled by federal government
• States could introduce new voting rules only if approved by the federal government
• Federal officials would take over voter registration in states where less than 50% of those qualified to vote failed to register

Question 12

When was the Selma to Montgomery marches?

Answer 12

March 1965

- aim was to publicise the right of black Americans to vote

Question 13

When was Malcolm X assassinated?

Answer 13

1965

Question 14

When were the Black Panthers set up?

Answer 14

1966

-Believed black people needed black officials and black police to support the community

Question 15

When was the Kerner Report?

Answer 15

1968
Findings)
-riots were consequence of poor conditions in ghettos and failure to respond to complaints about them
-blacks should be listened to and involved in resolving problems
-policing had made things worse
-policing methods must change
-media had exaggerated riots

Question 16

When were the major riots caused by ghetto conditions and violence?

Answer 16

1964-1967