MLK And The Civil Rights Movement (1960-1965)

Question 1

What did 4 black students do in Greensboro in 1960 to challenge segregation at lunch counters

Answer 1

sit-in. - by the 5th day, 300 people were involved

Question 2

Which civil rights group organised the Freedom rides in 1961

Answer 2

CORE (Congress of racial equality)

Question 3

What happened to the Freedom rides when they reached the South

Answer 3

Firebombed in Anniston, attack and beaten up, arrested in Jackson

Question 4

Why are the Freedom Rides significant

Answer 4

JFK had to get involved and protected the freedom rides and this led to interstate buses being desegregated in September 1961

Question 5

When did MLK protest in Birmingham, Alabama

Answer 5

1963

Question 6

Who was the racist police chief in Birmingham, Alabama

Answer 6

Police Chief Bull Connor

Question 7

What tactics did MLK use to try and improve civil rights

Answer 7

Peaceful protests which would lead to white violence which would then win sympathy and publicity

Question 8

What did MLK do when he was arrested in Birmingham

Answer 8

Write his famous “letter from Birmingham Jail” - which stated that African Americans were tired and angry at the humiliating treatment that they faced

Question 9

Who did MLK use in the protests to win more sympathy after he was released from jail

Answer 9

children

Question 10

What did Police Chief Bull Connor use against young protestors

Answer 10

Dogs and Powerful water hoses

Question 11

How many children were arrested in the Birmingham protest

Answer 11

1300

Question 12

What was the outcome of the protests in Birmingham

Answer 12

successful - all of Birmingham (one of the most resistant places to desegregation) was finally desegregated

Question 13

How many people took place in the 1963 march on Washington

Answer 13

250,000 - including 80,000 white supporters

Question 14

What speech did MLK make at the march on Washington

Answer 14

‘I have a dream speech’

Question 15

What law was past in response to the march on Washington, which led to all of USA being desegregated

Answer 15

1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 16

Why did MLK choose Selma, Alabama for a protest to improve the rights to vote

Answer 16

because only 383 out of 15,000 black people in Selma were registered to vote

Question 17

What happened on ‘bloody sunday’ (7th march)

Answer 17

March from selma was stopped on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the marchers were attacked with tear gas and clubs

Question 18

Why was the march on Selma seen as so important

Answer 18

The violence forced LBJ to get involved and this eventually led to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act - this banned literacy tests which made sure that all black americans were registered to vote

Question 19

Another march on Selma occurred on 21st March, how many people were involved

Answer 19

25,000 - biggest march on the South ever.

Question 20

By 1968, how many black people were registered to vote

Answer 20

1 million