WorksheetsStudents in the Civil Rights Movement
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which Supreme Court decision promoted the idea of "separate but equal"?
Sweatt v. Painter
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State
Which organization played a key role in the legal desegregation of colleges and universities?
National Urban League
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)
Following the CRM, and as a result of the Black Power Movement, what curriculum change did many Black students request in higher education institutions?
The creation of Black Studies Programs
Classes that focused on the CRM
Additional history classes
More classes centered on art and music
Which institution founded the first Black Studies Department in the United States?
The University of Southern California
The University of Tennessee
San Francisco State College
Howard University
What HBCU did Rosa Parks attend?
Knoxville College
Alabama State
Tougaloo College
Alcorn State
What HBCU did MLK attend?
Morehouse
Howard University
Alcorn State
Claflin University
Boycotts and marches led by students at what university ended segregation in Nashville?
Shaw University
Claflin University
Knoxville University
Fisk
Where was the first SNCC meeting held?
Taugaloo College
Shaw University
Alcorn State
South Carolina State University
How many HBCUs are there in the United States?
67
107
21
345
When and where was the first HBCU founded?
Cheyney, PA in 1837
Atlanta, GA in 1841
Greensboro, NC in 1915
Orangeburg, SC in 1960
What was the main focus of HBCUs in the early years?
Ending segregation
Gaining civil rights
Higher education
Teaching trade courses
What civil rights group originally organized the Freedom Rides?
NAACP
SCLC
SNCC
CORE
What was NOT a primary reason for the downfall of SNCC?
Change of leadership
The Watergate scandal
All employees leaving
Association with the Black Panther Movement
Who helped assemble the students that eventually became SNCC?
Diane Nash
MLK
Ella Baker
John Lewis
Which of these events was SNCC NOT a part of?
The Freedom Vote
The Albany Movement
Freedom Summer
Montgomery Bus Boycott
