Civil Rights Era

What role was played by SNCC during the Civil Rights Movement?

• Scheduling events for MLK
• Planning and coordinating non-violent protests
• Protecting students in integrated public schools
• Enforcing voting regulations

One of the major civil rights organizations of the 1960s

• Albany Movement

• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• Brown v Board

• White primary

 Which Civil Rights leader followed the ideas of Mohandas Ghandi?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X

 Which Civil Rights leader was murdered by members of his own activist group?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X

 True or False: BOTH Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. were sent to prison at some point in their lives.

• True
• False

 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"In spite of our mistreatment, we must not become bitter and end up hating our white brothers."

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X

 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"Black people shouldn't be non-violent unless white people are going to be nonviolent."

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X

After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to

• let African Americans ride the bus.
• deny someone of a job because of their race.
• fire someone for not doing their job.
• kick someone out of the military.

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

• Sweatt v. Painter
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Mendez v. Kirby ISD

Nonviolent protest, where protesters occupied space in order to protest segregation.

• Sit-In
• Freedom Rides
• Selma March
• Filibuster