Late Civil Rights

Question 0

When did the Birmingham March begin?

Answer 0

3rd of April 1963.

Question 1

Who was the chief if police in Birmingham?

Answer 1

Chief Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor.

Question 2

Who was arrested during the Birmingham march?

Answer 2

Martin Luther King, among many other arrests.

Question 3

Why were children trained in protest tactics?

Answer 3

Because so many adults had been arrested.

Question 4

When was the first big children’s demonstration?

Answer 4

2nd of May 1963.

Question 5

How many children had been arrested at the end of the 2nd of May?

Answer 5

956.

Question 6

What happened on the day after the 2nd of May?

Answer 6

Dogs and firehoses were used.

Question 7

What happened on the 12th of May?

Answer 7

President Kennedy sent in federal troop and calm was restored.
The mayor passed desegregation laws.
The campaign had worked.

Question 8

What were the effects of the Birmingham campaign?

Answer 8

Kennedy introduced Civil Rights Bill to congress.

There was a lot of media coverage.

Question 9

Approximately how many people marched on Washington?

Answer 9

250,000-500,000 people.

Question 10

Approximately how many white supporters were there?

Answer 10

80,000.

Question 11

Who was the final speaker and what was his speech called?

Answer 11

Martin Luther King, “I Have A Dream” speech.

Question 12

What were the effects of the march on Washington?

Answer 12

Lots of media coverage, broadcast live.
The biggest civil rights action ever.
Meeting between JKF & Martin Luther King.

Question 13

When was the Civil Rights Act introduced?

Answer 13

1964.

Question 14

Who introduced the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 14

President Johnson.

Question 15

Why did Martin Luther King target Selma, Alabama for a non-violent campaign to get more black people to vote?

Answer 15

Only 383 had registered about of a possible 15,000.

Question 16

Who banned the march in Selma?

Answer 16

Governor Wallace, to whom they would present the petition.

Question 17

Where was the march in Selma stopped and how?

Answer 17

On the Edmund Petrus Bridge in Selma as they were attacked by Sheriff Clark’s men using tear gas, horses and clubs.

Question 18

When was the Voting Rights Act introduced?

Answer 18

1965.

Question 19

What did the Voting Rights Act do?

Answer 19

Made it illegal to try to prevent blacks from registering for the vote by setting literacy tests for voters.

Question 20

How many more black people were added to the registers after the Voting Rights Act passed?

Answer 20

1,000,000.

Question 21

Why did some people reject non-violent protest?

Answer 21

It was taking too long.
Didn’t see why they should wait for whites to be persuaded of the justice of their arguments.
Some wanted a separate black society.

Question 22

What did Malcolm X believe?

Answer 22

In a separate black society.

Accepted that black Americans had a right to use violence in self defence if attacked.

Question 23

What was the Nation of Islam?

Answer 23

A militant black organisation set up in the 1930s.

Question 24

When did Malcolm X change his ideas?

Answer 24

Mid-1960s after a pilgrimage to Mecca he began to talk of a brotherhood of black and white.

Question 25

When was Malcolm X assassinated?

Answer 25

In 1965, probably by black Muslims who regarded him as a traitor.

Question 26

Who was the leader of the SNCC?

Answer 26

Stokeley Charmichael.

Question 27

What was black power?

Answer 27

A rejection of the idea of integration and in some cases a demand for a separate black society.

Question 28

What happened at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 that was linked to Black Power?

Answer 28

Two medalists on the 400 metres raised their right arms in the Black Power salute when the anthem was played.

Question 29

What did the Black Panthers want?

Answer 29

Full employment, good housing and adequate education for black Americans.

Question 30

How many members did the Black Panthers have by the end of 1968?

Answer 30

5,000 members.

Question 31

When did the Black Panthers disband and why?

Answer 31

In 1982, because of loss of influence.

Question 32

What did Martin Luther King’s assassination lead to?

Answer 32

A wave of riots in 130 cities.

Question 33

When did the Supreme Court rule that desegregation of schools should begin “at once”?

Answer 33

1969.