Civil Rights Unit

This Supreme Court ruled in 1896 case Plessy v Ferguson of Education that “_________________” was legal in this case:

• separate but equal

• Slavery is illegal

• All men are created equal

• Restaurants must be integrated

These laws legally separated public facilities based on one’s race:

• Equal Rights Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Ruby Laws

• Browder Laws

In 1954, the Supreme Court overturned their earlier ruling, declaring that “separate could not be equal.” What was the case?

• Brown v. the Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Browder v. Gayle

• Row v. Wade

Which of the following best describes Emmett Till:

• A white male teenager who stood up for an African-American girl and was beaten and killed.

• An African-American female who spoke out against racial segregation in the south and sparked the Civil Rights Movement to begin.

• A white girl who befriended an African-American student and taught him to read and write.

• An African-American male who was gruesomely murdered after supposedly flirting with a white female.

Which event sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycotts to start just three days later?

• The murder of Emmett Till

• The first sit-in by the Greensboro Four in North Carolina

• The forced integration of the Little Rock Nine into Central HS

• The refusal of Rosa Parks to give up her bus seat

The Greensboro Four staged their first sit-in at…

• The Woolworth Five and Dime Store

• The Farmers Savings and Loan Bank

• The Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas

• The Lunch Counter at the Greensboro McDonald’s

These 13 passengers left Washington DC and traveled into the Deep South to purposely violate segregation laws to protest their existence:

• The Brave 13

• The Freedom Riders

• The Little Rock Nine

• The 13 Pioneers

Known as the Freedom Summer Murders, these three civil rights activists were killed in Neshoba County, Mississippi after helping set up a school to educate African-Americans:

• King, Evers, and Parks

• Chaney, Schwerner, and Goodman

• Till, Goodman, and Evers

• King, Evers, and Liouzza

This church served as a focal point for the Civil Rights Movement as many meetings were held here. It was bombed on September 15, 1953 and four girls were killed.

• The 16th Street Baptist Church

• The 24th Avenue Methodist Church

• The 9th Street Lutheran Church

• The 1st Street Nazarene Church

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was murdered on April 4, 1968 in this town.

• Nashville, TN

• Birmingham, AL

• Jackson, MS

• Memphis, TN