The Civil Rights Movement

Emmett Till was

• a civil rights leader

• a teen who was murdered due to racism

• the leader of the NAACP

• a freedom rider

The woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man was:

• Diane Nash

• Ruby Bridges

• Melba Pattillo

• Rosa Parks

The Greensboro Sit ins were:

• when buses travelled from state to state to protest against segregation

• Marches in Washington to gain voting rights

• When African Americans refused to ride buses to protest segregation

• When African Americans sat in a white only restaurant to protest segregation

The Freedom Riders faced the following:

• mistreatment by the police

• attacks by the KKK

• jail time due to their protests

• all of the answers

Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during

• The Birmingham campaign

• Freedom Rides

• March on Washington

• Selma March

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states:

• segregation in public places is banned

• you cannot discriminate based on religion

• discrimination is illegal

• all of the answers

The Voting Rights Act of 1965:

• banned segregation in public places

• made it illegal to vote in the South

• abolished voting discrimination

• none of the answers

1) Which President integrated/desegregated the U.S. Military with Executive order 9981?

• John F Kennedy

• Lyndon B Johnon

• Harry S Truman

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

2) Which describes Martin Luther King Jr?

• A leading Black Muslim who supported violent resistance to white oppression of black communities

• A preacher who believed in non-violent civil disobedience, wanted a Civil Rights Bill passed, and was assassinated in 1968.

• A founder of the militant Black Panther Party who believed in open carrying weapons who was assassinated in 1968.

5) Which describes the Black Panthers and their philosophy?

• A religious organization that believed in peaceful coexistence and dependence on whites

• A militant group who believed in Brown Power- Help Chicanos control their neighborhoods and fight the INS

• A militant group who believed in Red Power: Assert independence for Native Americans.

• A militant group who believed in Black Power: Have the black community control itself and be protected form police abuse