Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Colvin refused to give up her seat because she…

• was tired and didn’t want to move.

• didn’t think it was fair that she had to move.

• wanted to create the foundation for a revolution.

• knew that it would get people’s attention.

Which of the following best describes Colvin after she was arrested?

• She felt satisfied for sending a message.

• She was confident that civil rights groups would help her.

• She felt brave and was not afraid of going to prison.

• She was afraid of being locked in prison.

Colvin is a lesser known figure for all of the following reasons EXCEPT…

• her lack of passion.

• her appearance.

• her young age.

• her silence after the event.

Which of the following described why Colvin’s actions were considered particularly impressive?

• She was extremely young when she stood up for herself.

• She practiced nonviolence in her show of resistance.

• She was the first one to defy Jim Crow laws in the South.

• She testified in court to help end segregation in the South.

How did Colvin’s actions compare to Parks’ actions?

• Claudette Colvin’s actions were more violent in her refusal to give up her seat than Rosa Parks’ were.

• Claudette Colvin’s actions were as sign of active resistance, while Rosa Parks merely didn’t want to move after a long day.

• Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks both challenged segregation, but Rosa Parks’ resistance was used as a symbol for a movement.

• Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks did not intend to start revolutions when they decided not to give up their seats on the bus.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

• A 3 year old girl.
• Someone who did not support the boycott.
• A girl thrown of the bus for not following the rules 
• A 80 year old woman.

Who do you think this is?
(The woman not the police officer )

• E. D. Nixon
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Cladette Colvi

Viola saw the "Bloody Sunday" March and the brutal treatment of the protestors on the TV news and was horrified. She decided to go to to Selma and participate in the protests that were taking place there. Where did she come from?

• Detroit, Michgan

• Detroit, Mississippi

• Trenton, New Jersey

• Chicago, Illinois

What happened to Viola after the Marchers finished their journey on the steps of Alabama's State Capitol?

• While she was driving the marchers back to their homes in Selma, a car filled with Klu Klux Klansmen, forced her car off the road and killed her.

• After the Marchers from Selma arrived in Montgomery and Dr. King's speech had ended, Viola was driving back to family when she fell asleep at the wheel. Her car veered after the road and she was killed when the car flipped over and rolled down a steep cliff.

• Viola was kidnapped and tortured by a carload of Nazi White supremacists. Her body was never found. They say her spirit still haunts the main road between Montgomery and Selma.

• After the March ended, Viola was arrested by the Alabama State Police for running a red light near the Edmund Pettus Bridge. While they were bringing her to the County Jail in Selma, she tried to escape and was shot in the back by Sheriff Jim Clark.

Viola Liuzzo was one of the many hundreds of martyrs who gave their lives as part of the great struggle for Civil Rights. However, in Viola's case, her sacrifice in unique because...

• ... she was the only white female protester to die in the civil rights movement.

• ... she was the last female protester to die in the civil rights movement.

• ... the murderers who took Viola's life were never brought to justice.

• ... it took 40 years before her murderers were brought to justice.