Quiz on Young Activists in the Civil Rights Movement

Which group of students were hand-chosen by the NAACP to test the enforcement of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

• The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Greensboro Four

• The Freedom Riders

What was the name of the organization formed by Ella Baker that trained students in nonviolent direct action?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• Fellowship of Reconciliation

• Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Which group of activists rode on buses throughout the South to test integration in bus stations and restaurants?

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Greensboro Four

• The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Freedom Riders

What was the result of the Freedom Rides?

• The integration of lunch counters

• The enforcement of the segregation ban in interstate transit terminals

• The formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

• The organization of labor unions and agricultural cooperatives

Which group of students organized sit-ins at lunch counters in the South?

• The Greensboro Four

• The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Freedom Riders

Who was the acting director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and organized a conference for students in 1960?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• James Farmer

• Ella Baker

• Daisy Gatson Bates

Which group of students faced violent opposition and had to be protected by the Army and federalized National Guard?

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Greensboro Four

• The Freedom Riders

What was the name of the ruling from the Supreme Court in 1954 that sparked the civil rights movement?

• Roe v. Wade

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

Which group of students organized voter registration projects and built independent political parties?

• The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• The Freedom Riders

• The Little Rock Nine

• The Greensboro Four

Who became the first Black student in history to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas?

• Ernest Green

• Elizabeth Eckford

• Daisy Gatson Bates

• Minnijean Brown