Civil Rights Activists Quiz

Who organized 'The Niagara Movement' and was a founding member of the N.A.A.C.P.?

• Rosa Parks

• Dorothy Height

• W.E.B. DuBois

• James Baldwin

Which civil rights activist was known as 'the mother of the movement'?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Dorothy Height

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

Who led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• Dorothy Height

• Malcolm X

Which civil rights activist wrote the African American classic, 'The Souls of Black Folk'?

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• Dorothy Height

• W.E.B. DuBois

Who was instrumental in the black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama boycotting public transportation?

• Dorothy Height

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• John Lewis

Which civil rights activist received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in 1980?

• Malcolm X

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• W.E.B. DuBois

Who served 33 years in the United States House of Representatives from Georgia?

• Dorothy Height

• Rosa Parks

• John Lewis

• Malcolm X

Which civil rights activist crusaded for African American economics and political power?

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

• W.E.B. DuBois

• John Lewis

Who wrote 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' and 'The Fire Next Time'?

• Malcolm X

• James Baldwin

• W.E.B. DuBois

• John Lewis

Who was known as 'the godmother of the women’s movement' and was one of the 'Big Six' in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement?

• Malcolm X

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

• Dorothy Height