Civil Rights Movement 1/31

In Brown v. Board of Education, the doctrine of ____________________ relating to public education was finally overturned.

• Due process of law

• "Separate but equal"

• "All deliberate speed"

• Equal protection under the law

Martin Luther King, Jr., influenced by Gandhi, believed in

• "an eye for an eye"

• nonviolent protest

• violent revolution

• The Book of Hector

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the _________________________________.

• Nation of Islam

• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

One accomplishment of the ____________________ was bringing about the enforcement of a federal ban on all interstate travel facilities, including busses and waiting terminals.

• Little Rock Nine

• Freedom Riders

• Black Panthers

• Montgomery bus boycott

What event made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a national leader?

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Summer

• The Albany movement

• March from Selma, Alabama

The Freedom Rides were organized to test

• A Supreme Court decision eliminating segregation on interstate busses

• A congressional decree

• The safety of buses

• The character of local police officers

To support JFK's civil rights bill, civil rights leaders called on a

• March to Selma, AL

• General strike in the South

• Freedom rides

• March on Washington

Civil Rights leaders targeted Birmingham in 1963 because the city

• was highly segregated

• was the hometown of Martin Luther King Jr.

• Was almost bankrupt

• Had few African Americans

The person who wrote the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was

• Eugene "Bull" Connor

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• James Meredith

• John Lewis

The success at Birmingham proved the effectiveness of

• nonviolent protest

• segregation

• the civil rights movement

• sit-ins