The Story of the Greensboro Four

In what year did the Greensboro sit-in occur?

• 1962

• 1961

• 1960

• 1959

Where did the Greensboro sit-in take place?

• A local school

• A Woolworth's store

• A city park

• A public library

How many black college students participated in the initial Greensboro sit-in?

• Three

• Six

• Five

• Four

What was the main goal of the Greensboro sit-in?

• To protest the Vietnam War

• To demand better housing

• To desegregate lunch counters

• To improve school conditions

What was the outcome of the Greensboro sit-in?

• The desegregation of the Woolworth's lunch counter

• No significant changes

• The arrest of the participants

• The closure of Woolworth's store

Which organization was primarily responsible for organizing the Greensboro sit-in?

• NAACP

• SNCC

• SCLC

• CORE

What inspired the Greensboro sit-in participants to take action?

• Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Brown vs. Board of Education decision

• The arrest of Rosa Parks

How did the local community react to the Greensboro sit-in?

• With widespread support

• By boycotting Woolworth's

• With indifference

• With hostility

Which civil rights leader visited the Greensboro sit-in participants to offer support?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Ralph Abernathy

• Jesse Jackson

What immediate effect did the Greensboro sit-in have on the civil rights movement?

• It led to the formation of the Black Panther Party

• It inspired similar sit-ins across the country

• It resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• It caused the government to enforce desegregation in schools