Civil Rights Quiz #1

Martin Luther King Jr's organization based out of Atlanta was called

• SCLC
• SNCC
• CORE
• Nation of Islam

U.S. president during the "Little Rock Nine". He stated "I don't believe you can change the hearts of men with laws or decisions" when asked to endorse the Brown vs. Board decision.

• Harry Truman
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Dwight Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy

Which figure is best associated with the Brown v. Board of Education decision? (also became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice)

• Alex Haley
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Thurgood Marshall

Which person trained student activists from Fisk University in Nashville in the discipline of nonviolent resistance?

• Jim Lawson
• Estes Kefauver
• Jimmy Hoffa
• James Meredith

The image depicted is associated with which civil rights event?

• Clinton 12
• Freedom Rides
• Hollywood 10
• Little Rock 9

Based on the map, in which states did the Freedom Riders face the most violence/arrests? (Pick 2 options)

• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Arkansas
• Georgia
• Tennessee

"I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia…Several months ago the affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary. We readily consented, and when the hour came we lived up to our promise. So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here. But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” In the passage, King uses this idea to refute the

• complaint that civil rights activists are “outside agitators.”
• shared characteristics of large urban areas in the South.
• travel and ministry of the Apostle Paul in biblical times.
• effectiveness of nonviolent protest in different cities.

"Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today it is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment. In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms." Earl Warren, Supreme Court Chief Justice

• the passage of Johnson’s Great Society.
• the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
• the funding for Kennedy’s New Frontier program.
• the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision.

Clinton High School in Tennessee is important in civil rights history because of its struggle to

• establish affirmative action quotas.
• desegregate its student body.
• recover from a church bombing by the KKK.
• organize the Freedom Rides for voting rights.

Which policy is most closely associated with Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• nonviolence
• segregationist
• black separatism
• rainbow coalition