The Civil Rights Movement- Chapter 16

Pastor who became leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association

• George Houser

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

• Stokely Carmichael

Court case that ended racial segregation in public schools

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Katzenbach v. Morgan

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Browder v. Gayle

What strategy did CORE use to integrate restaurants?

(a)  

What organization got much of their support through court cases?

• SCLC

• NAACP

• SNCC

• CORE

Approximately how long did the bus boycott last in Montgomery?

• about a month

• about a year

• about 2 weeks

• about 6 months

African Americans and white volunteers that traveled into the South by bus were called the ________.

• Ku Klux Klan

• Black Panthers

• Freedom Riders

Where did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Selma, Alabama

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Memphis, Tennessee

• Washington DC

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference wanted _________.

• to promote education for African Americans

• lower poverty in inner cities

• African Americans to register to vote

• to challenge the "separate-but-equal" doctrine

What did Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, try to do to get himself reelected?

• defended civil rights

• ordered federal troops to protect African American students

• used armed forces to protect African American students

• defended white supremacy

Purpose of the Selma March

• campaign for voting rights for women

• campaign for job rights for African Americans

• campaign for new desegregation laws

• campaign for voting rights for African Americans