Lesson 16+17: The Role Of Martin Luther King

Question 1

When was the first March on Washington?

Answer 1

1957

Question 2

Which civil rights group was behind the march?

Answer 2

SCLC

Question 3

How many people attended the march?

Answer 3

Only 20,000

Question 4

Which NAACP leader disliked King?

Answer 4

Roy Wilkins
He favoured litigation while King preferred mass action

Question 5

Which civil rights group was competition for King and SCLC?

Answer 5

SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
Formed for more direct action

Question 6

What started the 1960s Sit-ins?

Answer 6

In 1960, 4 black students entered an all-white cafe in North Carolina.
Refused to leave and caused lunch counter to close

Question 7

What was the effect of the first sit in?

Answer 7

Inspired 70,000 students to take part across the North

Question 8

What did the sit-ins show about King when he assured the SNCC they had the full support of the SCLC?

Answer 8

He was willing to be led by others

Question 9

What was the outcome of the sit-ins?

Answer 9

Helped get rid of some Jim Crow laws
The loss of business made Woolworth (North Carolina) desegregate all lunch counters by the end of 1961

Question 10

How many cities desegregated their lunch counters following North Carolina?

Answer 10

150 cities

Question 11

When was the march on Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer 11

1963

Question 12

Who led the 1963 March on Birmingham, Alabama?

Answer 12

Martin Luther King and the SCLC

Question 13

Why did King target Birmingham?

Answer 13

It was the worst city for racism
White extremists had recently castrated a black man
Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor was police commissioner

Question 14

What did King do when the SCLC failed to recruit enough local demonstrators/black community to take part?

Answer 14

He used crowded areas to give the impression of mass action and encourage onlookers to take apart

Question 15

What did King do to elevate the protest further?

Answer 15

He used black school children, as young as six

Question 16

Which black activist opposed king for using school children?

Answer 16

Malcolm X
“Real men don’t put their children on the firing line.”

Question 17

How many black protesters were arrested and sent to jail?

Answer 17

500

Question 18

What were Bull Connors tactics against the black protestors?

Answer 18

He used high-pressure water hoses to tear clothes off students backs

Question 19

What was the outcome of the March on Birmingham?

Answer 19

Segregation ended in Birmingham

Question 20

How did the March affect the campaign for civil rights?

Answer 20

Kennedy admitted that the police’s violent response in Birmingham persuaded him to push the bill that became the 1964 civil rights act

Question 21

When was the second March on Washington?

Answer 21

August 1963

Question 22

What was the aim of the 1963 Washington March?

Answer 22

To encourage the passage of the civil rights bill and promote black employment opportunities

Question 23

Which civil rights groups took part in organizing the March?

Answer 23

The NAACP, CORE, SNCC, SCLC

Question 24

How many people attended the March?

Answer 24

250,000

Question 25

What percentage of the 250,000 were white?

Answer 25

25%

Question 26

What was significant about the 1963 Washington protest?

Answer 26

Martin Luther King made his ‘I have a dream’ speech and it was televised worldwide

Question 27

What was the outcome of the 1963 March and Washington?

Answer 27

The civil rights act was passed in 1964

Question 28

What was the negatives of the 1963 March and Washington and the 1964 civil rights act?

Answer 28

It didn’t change the fact that black Americans had poor housing, the same land and the majority couldn’t vote?

Question 29

When was the March and Selma?

Answer 29

1965

Question 30

What was the problem in Selma?

Answer 30

Out of Selma‘s 29,000 black population, there were only 23 registered black voters due to Black codes

Question 31

What happened during the protest? In Selma

Answer 31

A police officer shot a black youth shielding his mother from a beating

Racist whites threw venomous snakes at blacks trying to register to vote

King was arrested

Question 32

What did King tell the media when he was arrested?

Answer 32

“There are more Negroes in jail with me [3400 in feb 1965] than there are on the voting rolls”

Question 33

Where did the march on Selma begin and end?

Answer 33

From Selma to Montgomery

Question 34

What was the purpose of March?

Answer 34

Publicise the need for a Voting Rights Act

Question 35

What happened during the march?

Answer 35

Television viewers saw police officers attack ma with clubs and tear gas

Question 36

What is the march on selma known as?

Answer 36

“Bloody Sunday”

Question 37

How did the federal government get involved?

Answer 37

Over-rode Alabama’s authourity and allowed the march to Montgomery after 2 attempts

Question 38

How many were involved in the March on Montgomery?

Answer 38

30,000

Question 39

What was a failure of the March?

Answer 39

Bitter relations were caused between SCLC and SNCC when King didnt inform them (SNCC) of his tactics to confront and then retreat from police