41A and B - Sibley Commission, MLK Jr, SCLC

41A and B - Sibley Commission, MLK Jr, John Lewis, SNCC

Multiple Choice

The Governor of Georgia ordered the Sibley commission to find out how Georgians wanted to handle desegregating public schools. What did the commission find out?

• That 60% of Georgians wanted to close public school rather than integrate.

• That 70% of Georgians wanted to desegregate as quickly as possible

• That Georgians were divided 50-50 about desegregating

• That only 10% of Georgians had strong feeling about refusing the integrate schools

Multiple Choice

How did Georgia react to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

• By changing the state flag

• By closing its public schools

• By desegregating as quickly as possible

• By using the national guard to keep African American students out of white only schools

Multiple Choice

MLK was the first president of this organization ...

• NAACP

• SCLC

• KKK

• SNCC

Multiple Choice

_____________, ______________, and _______________ were nonviolent ways that Dr. King worked for equal rights.

• Making speeches, marching, sit-ins, and writing books

• Fighting back, marching, and sit-ins

• Making speeches, sit-ins, and being angry