Civil Rights Movement

What is segregation?

• A form of protest where participants sit down and refuse to move

• A gathering of people in support of or opposition to something

• Refusal to buy a product or use a service as a sign of protest

• Separation of people based on their skin color

What was the goal of the civil rights movement?

• To eliminate racial discrimination and segregation

• To offer education to all American children

• To make health care available to American families

• To support cross-country travel by bus

Who worked to protest segregation in Florida?

• Civil rights activists

• Health care professionals

• Northern tourists

• State taxpayers

What was the purpose of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott?

• To allow bus drivers to assign seats on city buses

• To protest bus segregation by refusing to use city buses

• To refuse desegregation of public school buses

• To stand against desegregation in public schools

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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was a civil rights leader with a passion for ________.

• education

• finance

• law

• technology

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James Weldon Johnson was a writer and actively part of the ________ Renaissance.

• Harlem

• Jacksonville

• New York

• Miami

Analyze the primary source. Select the answer choice that correctly matches the photo.

• Boycotting a business

• Demonstrating civil disobedience

• Ending segregation

• Protesting peacefully