Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Freedom Rides Quiz

When did the student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launch the Freedom Rides?

• April 15, 1959

• March 8, 1963

• July 20, 1962

• May 4, 1961

What was the main goal of the Freedom Rides?

• To support the Ku Klux Klan

• To advocate for separate but equal facilities

• To promote racial segregation

• To challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in Boynton v. Virginia that segregation in facilities provided for interstate travelers was unconstitutional?

• 1960

• 1965

• 1970

• 1955

Who were the two students who integrated their bus ride home from college in Nashville, Tennessee?

• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

• John Lewis and Bernard Lafayette

• Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer

• Rosa Parks and Thurgood Marshall

What happened in Rock Hill, South Carolina, during the Freedom Rides?

• The riders faced no resistance

• The riders were welcomed with open arms

• The riders were arrested by the police

• The riders were met by a violent mob

What did the Kennedy administration announce on 29 May 1961?

• The resignation of the Attorney General

• The formation of a new civil rights organization

• The ban on segregation in all facilities under ICC jurisdiction

• The end of the Freedom Rides

What did the Freedom Rides expose in terms of tactical and leadership rifts?

• Racial tensions within the civil rights movement

• Differences in nonviolent strategies

• Tensions between King and more militant student activists

• Lack of federal support for civil rights

What was the main criticism directed at Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding the Freedom Rides?

• Willingness to offer only moral and financial support but not his physical presence

• Lack of public statements in support of the riders

• Lack of financial support for the riders

• Refusal to offer moral and financial support