Civil Rights Movement Leaders Quiz

Who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Thurgood Marshall

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Which civil rights leader refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Coretta Scott King

• Rosa Parks

• Linda Brown

• Fannie Lou Hamer

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Who was the first African American to serve on the United States Supreme Court?

• John Lewis

• Thurgood Marshall

• Medgar Evers

• Bayard Rustin

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Which leader was known for his philosophy of nonviolent protest and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• Fred Shuttlesworth

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Who was the U.S. President that supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and gave a famous speech on civil rights in 1963?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

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Who was the young girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case?

• Rosa Parks

• Linda Brown

• Ella Baker

• Coretta Scott King

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What was the Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Miranda v. Arizona

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Who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court and later became a Supreme Court Justice?

• John Lewis

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

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Which civil rights leader was known for organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• John F. Kennedy

• Linda Brown

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Who was the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis and also supported civil rights legislation?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

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