Walter F. White and His Impact on Civil Rights

Walter F. White and His Impact on Civil Rights

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant event in Walter F. White's early life influenced his future activism?

His family's escape from a white mob in Atlanta

His education at a prestigious university

His first job in New York

His meeting with a famous civil rights leader

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What organization did Walter F. White help establish in Atlanta?

The Atlanta Civil Rights Council

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Black Panther Party

The Atlanta chapter of the NAACP

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of Walter F. White's key activities while working with the NAACP?

Going undercover to report on racial violence

Organizing large-scale protests

Establishing a new political party

Writing a famous civil rights novel

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which future Supreme Court Justice did Walter F. White hire to lead the legal defense fund?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sonia Sotomayor

Thurgood Marshall

Clarence Thomas

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What landmark case was influenced by the legal strategies developed under Walter F. White's leadership?

Roe vs. Wade

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Brown vs. Board of Education

Miranda vs. Arizona