Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Who was arrested in 1955 for disobeying an Alabama law requiring segregation on city buses, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

(a)  

How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott organized by Martin Luther King, Jr., last?

(a)  

What organization did MLK form in 1957 as a result of the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

(look on the Events of the civil rights movement handout)

(a)  

The “sit-in” movement led to the formation of the?

• SNCC
• SLCC

• SCLC

• CORE

In 1964, white & black college students took part in _______ ___________ to help register African American voters in Mississippi

(a)  

In which city , in Alabama, did MLK organize a march in 1963 to integrate and protest segregation?

(a)  

In 1965, MLK organized a march in (a)   to protest voting restrictions

?

The brutal attack on the marchers on March 7, 1965, became infamous as ?

(a)  

Which institution founded in 1867, served as Training ground for African American Activist and played a role in challenging Plessy v Ferguson

• Harvard University
• Howard University
• Stanford University
• Yale University

Who assumed the presidency after President Kennedy's assassination and pushed the civil rights bill through Congress?

(a)