Civil Rights Leaders

Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on the bus.  She got arrested. This caused Martin Luther King Jr to do what?

• riot in the streets.
• protest the city workers.
• boycott the bus company.
• leave the city for a better place.

Martin Luther King Jr. led many people to what city where he said his famous speech?

• New York
• Memphis
• Washington DC
• Los Angeles

Was a leading Black Muslim who believed that equality may require the use of violence to be achieved.

• Malcolm X

• Louis Farrakhan

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Billy Graham

Which of the following leaders had a more aggressive approach to the Civil Rights movement - "any means necessary"?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Thurgood Marshall

• Benjamin E. Mays
• Malcolm X

disobeying certain laws in non-violent ways in order to make a point

• Civil Obedience 
• Civil Disobedience 
• Riots
• Angry protesting

Which Civil Rights leader advocated separation  for African Americans and was opposed to integration ?

• Martin Luther King
• Medgar Evers
• Malcolm X
• Eldrige Cleaver

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

• willingness to speak publicly

• Opposition to segregation

• Desire to help African Americans

• Methods of Protest

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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

I don't call it violence when it's in self-defense; I call it intelligence.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

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