Selma Movie Quiz

What award is Martin Luther King, Jr. given at the beginning of the film?

• TIME Man of the Year

• Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Kennedy Center Honors

• Nobel Peace Prize

What does Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) attempt to do early on in the film?

• Sit in the white section of the bus

• Eat at a segregated lunch counter

• Register to vote

• Enroll her daughter in classes at the white school

In which state is the city of Selma located?

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Texas

Who was President of the United States during the Selma march?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

What topic were those who marched in Selma trying to bring attention to?

• job discrimination

• popular sovereignty

• desegregation

• voting

The planned march was to start in Selma and end in what other city?

• Jackson, Mississippi

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Raleigh, North Carolina

What happened to Jimmie Lee Jackson during the night march?

• Arrested and jailed for over a week

• Disappears, never to be seen again

• Beaten by KKK

• Killed by police

Which popular Civil Rights figure led the protests in Selma?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George Wallace

• Malcolm X

What happened during the first attempt to march peacefully out of Selma?

• The sheriff allowed the marchers to cross the bridge and leave Selma.

• The march was canceled because of a storm.

• The sheriff and his posse beat the marchers and stopped them from leaving Selma.

• The sheriff tried to stop the marchers, but didn’t arrive in time to do so.

Who was the young leader of the SNCC in Selma, hero of the Civil Rights movement, and later a U.S. Congressman?

• John Lewis

• Jimmie Lee Jackson

• Jim Clark

• James Farmer