Civil Rights movement - leadership and protest

Civil Rights movement - leadership and protest

While the first challenges to the Jim Crow laws of the South revolved around education, the first large scale demonstration against segregation was

• the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Multiple Select

Which of the following is true of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• it began with Rosa Parks - the first woman to refuse to leave her seat

• it was unsuccessful - the city refused to recognize the 14th amendment rights of its black passengers

• it lasted for over a year.

• It was orchestrated (led) by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The leader who emerged during the bus boycott

• was a Baptist Minister from Atlanta

• was named Martin Luther King

• was in his 20s

• was initially unsure he should lead since he wasn't local

Did you know...

• he was arrested 30 times?

• he was often compared to Mohandas Gandhi?

• he advocated for non-violence?

• he urged followers to disobey unjust laws?

Civil Rights organizations worked together in different areas

• SNCC - The Student Nonviolent coordinating committee was formed to give young people a voice in the movement

• SCLC - The Southern Christian Leadership Council headed by MLK and other ministers

• The NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People - the oldest civil rights organization

• CORE - the Congress of Racial Equality - the leading activist organization during the Civil Rights Era

Multiple Choice

Which organization was created to bring young people into the Civil Rights movement?

• CORE

• SCLC

• SNCC

• NAACP

Multiple Choice

What does CORE stand for?

• The Committee for Religious Equality

• The Congress of Racial Equality

• The Committee for Radical Equanimity

Multiple Choice

Members of CORE protested by doing all except for

• having sit ins

• having stand ins

• having voter registration drives

• attacking police stations

Multiple Choice

Where did CORE meetings take place?

• at churches

• at homes

• both