History Vocabulary: Civil Rights Movement

What was the name of the African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Harriet Tubman

• Michelle Obama

• Rosa Parks

• Ella Fitzgerald

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and gave the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What was the name of the law that ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?

• Discrimination Prohibition Law of 1970

• Segregation Elimination Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Equality and Fairness Act of 1950

What was the name of the event where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• Jobs and Equality March

• Freedom March in Washington

• Washington Civil Rights Rally

Who was the first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• James Meredith

• Rosa Parks

What was the name of the African American teenager who was killed for allegedly flirting with a white woman in Mississippi?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Emmett Till

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

What was the name of the organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to promote nonviolent resistance to racial segregation?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• National Rifle Association (NRA)

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

What was the name of the African American activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks?

• Claudette Colvin

• Maya Angelou

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

What was the name of the African American leader who was assassinated in 1965 and was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam?

• Malcolm X

• Nelson Mandela

• Muhammad Ali

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the name of the Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?

• Public School Segregation v. Equality

• Separate but Equal v. Integration

• Black v. White Education

• Brown v. Board of Education