The Albany Movement

Who was John Lewis?

• a civil rights activist

• a violent protester

• a sharecropper

• a business person

What was the purpose of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

• to protect Jim Crow laws

• to protest Jim Crow laws

• to protest with violence

• to protect white supremacy

Who mentored John Lewis and worked with him to organize protests and events?

• Jimmy Carter

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

What was the most common strategy used by SNCC?

• riots

• sit-ins

• law suits

• t.v. interviews

Which group organized SNCC?

• school administrators

• high school and college students

• people from the SCLC

• mostly Baptist ministers

Who came to Albany, GA to lend his support and to bring national attention to the cause?

• Jimmy Carter

• Malcom X

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

Why did the Albany Movement initially fail to meet it's goals.

• Albany, GA remained segregated

• SNCC leadership decided Albany wasn't worth the trouble

• The Albany Movement became too expensive

• People lost interest in Albany and desegregation

What was the overall intention of the organizers of the Albany Movement?

• to secure free college education for all

• to promote women's equality

• to end the Vietnam War

• to end all forms of racial segregation in the city

Even though the Albany Movement organizers had a wide objective in mind, what was their initial focus?

• to ensure integration in hotels and restaurants

• to integrate interstate bus and train stations

• to obtain equal rights for black women

• to ensure the local schools will be integrated

What happened to many demonstrators during the Albany Movement?

• they were arrested and taken to jail

• they were allowed to meet with city leadership

• the quietly went home after being threatened

• they were allowed to have their voices heard