Civil Rights

Civil Rights

Multiple Choice

In 1963, what was Birmingham Alabama's nickname? Why?

• Because racists were terrorizing African American homes and churches with homemade bombs so often, the city was nicknamed "Bombingham"

• Because the Boeing Aircraft Company's Birmingham factory built B-52 jets there. The nickname was "Bomberham." The B-52 was the US Air Force's most effective heavy bomber in 1963... and 55 years later, it still is!

• Birmingham was nicknamed the "Iron City" because so many Civil Rights workers were being arrested and put behind "iron bars' in the cit's jail.

• Birmingham was named after Reggie Birmingham, a young man who mistakenly bombed the wrong place in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957 during the Little Rock Nine incident.

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Why are the four young children who died in the 16th Street Church Bombing considered martyrs in the struggle for Civil Rights for African Americans?

• The 4 innocent children were victims of racist hatred and violence. Their deaths created outrage among members of the African American community and increased national support behind the struggle to end segregation that lead directly to the passage of landmark civil rights laws in 1964 and 1965.

• The 4 innocent children were victims of racist hatred and violence. Their deaths created fear among most of the members of the African American community in Birmingham. The bombing emboldened members to the Klu Klux Klan to continue to intimidate and assault anyone, White or African American, from organizing and protesting. It wasn't until Richard Nixon was elected President in 1968 that important laws to protect African Americans' Civil Rights were passed.

• The 4 children were victims of racist hatred and violence. Their deaths created outrage among the Christian community and increased national support for laws to protect churches from bombings and arson.

• The 4 young children were victims of racist hatred and violence. Their deaths created outrage among the white community and increased national support behind the struggle to preserve segregation that lead directly to the bombing of more churches and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's wife Stephanie in 1967.

Multiple Choice

There were white racists in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960's. Which one of these people or organizations DID NOT encourage racism and violence?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) led a non-violent campaign of protests for desegregation and demands for voting rights for African Americans

• Eugene "Bull" Connor, the Birmingham police chief, was notorious for his willingness to use brutality and violence against protestors and folks who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement.

• Alabama Governor George Wallace was Alabama's angry racist leader who opposed integration and racial equality. In one famous incident, he literally stood in the "schoolhouse" door to stop African American students from attending the University of Alabama.

• The Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham was one of the most active of all the Klu Klux Klan groups in Alabama. Their specially was burning crosses, lynching innocent African Americans, and bombing African American churches.

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Why did racist terrorists target so many of the African American Churches for bombing and arson attacks?

• The African American churches often served as a meeting places for civil rights leaders to organize protests against segregation and racist practices. Many of the Civil Right Movement's leaders were pastors.

• The white churches wanted to become meeting places for civil rights leaders to organize protests against segregation and racist practices. They wanted to encourage African Americans to join their congregations by any means necessary.

• The African American churches often served as a meeting places for terrorists to plan riots and plot the violent overthrow of the US Government. Many of the Civil Right Movement's leaders were communists. The Klu Klux Klansmen were trying to protect their country.

• The African American churches often served as a meeting places for white civil rights leaders from the North to organize protests against segregation and racist practices. Many of the Northern Civil Right Movement's leaders wanted revenge for the Civil War.

Multiple Choice

On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a church with a predominantly black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Who were the four young children, who were killed the explosion?

• 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Denise McNair

• 14-year-olds Emmitt Till, Medgar Evers and Carole Riccoli and 11-year-old Donna May Snitzel

• 14-year-olds Byron de la Beckwith, Thomas Blanton, Joyce Lewis, and 11-year-old Dianne Brett

• 14-year-olds Roberta Lee Chambliss, Jesse E. Hoover, Terry Downing, and 11-year-old Carole May Wallace

Multiple Choice

On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a church with a predominantly black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Who were the four young children, who were killed the explosion?

• 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Denise McNair

• 14-year-olds Emmitt Till, Medgar Evers and Carole Riccoli and 11-year-old Donna May Snitzel

• 14-year-olds Byron de la Beckwith, Thomas Blanton, Joyce Lewis, and 11-year-old Dianne Brett

• 14-year-olds Roberta Lee Chambliss, Jesse E. Hoover, Terry Downing, and 11-year-old Carole May Wallace

Multiple Select

Which TWO statements best describe the central ideas of the video text?

• Emmett Till was an ordinary boy who became the victim of some Southerners’ hate and fear.

• Emmett Till’s death turned him into a symbol of America’s racial injustice, inspiring many to promote equality for all.

• Emmett Till was an innocent boy who was hurt because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

• The national attention received by Emmett Till’s murder embarrassed many Southerners into fighting for racial equality.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about Emmett Till's murder? 

• The crime was never solved. 
• It took place in Michigan. 
• It was the catalyst of the Civil Rights Movement. 
• it took place in 1975.

Multiple Choice

What race was Emmett Till?

• Hispanic

• Asian

• American

• African American

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes how Mamie Till was affected by her son’s death?

• Mamie Till was embarrassed her son was murdered and withdrew from public view.

• Mamie Till felt that she needed to share what happened to her son to show how bad racism was in the South.

• Mamie Till was inspired to fight for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

• Mamie Till was celebrated after she forgave the killers of her son during an interview with Look Magazine.

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Who is Emmett Till?

• Victim of Racism

• Accused of Rape

• A Murderer

• An Abuser

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Why did Mamie Till have an open casket?

• She wanted to show the people what the men had done to her boy. They beat him to the point where he was unrecognizable. 
• She wanted publicity for her boy 
• She wanted attention while mourning for her boy 
• She did not want an open casket she was forced to have an open casket

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What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?

• Spoke out on the news

• Testified in court

• Had an open casket funeral

• Marched in Mississippi

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Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?

• To visit his family

• To go on vaction

• For school

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Where did Emmett Till die?

• Richmond

• Alabama

• Money, Mississippi

• New York City

Multiple Choice

Where was Emmett Till born?

• Richmond

• Chicago

• New York

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What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?

• They received the death penalty

• Nothing, they were acquitted

• Life in jail, no parole

• They were murdered