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Harriet Tubman was a part of the Civil Rights Movement.
False, she was an abolitionist in the 19th century.
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There was a Civil Rights Movement in Australia.
True, primarily gaining momentum in the 1950s and peaking during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Rosa Parks is still alive.
False, she died in October of 2005
T/F, Clodagh's dad is older than Ruby Bridges.
True, she is 71, he is 73.
T/F, the microchip was invented before legalized segregation was abolished in America.
True, the microchip was invented in 1958 by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, and segregation was illegalized in July of 1964.
When was the Civil Rights movement? (Name any year when it was)
The Civil Rights Movement in the USA primarily took place between 1954 and 1968(but the movement for equality still continues).
Who was the first African-American person to go to an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges. She attended William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana on November 14, 1960, and remains alive today at 71 years old.
Who sat at the front of the bus?
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks sat in the front row of the "middle section" of a segregated bus.
Who was the young boy murdered at the start of the Civil Rights movement?
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally abducted, tortured, and lynched in Money, Mississippi, in August of 1955.
What year did the Civil Rights Movement 'start'?
1954
Name any famous Motown artist (not Elvis).
Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations, or Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5.
What year was the first major protest in the movement?
1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who said "I have a dream."?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the Ku Klux Klan(KKK)?
An American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right extremist hate group.
Name three states that opposed the Civil Rights movement.
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, and Arkansas. Other states that had significant congressional representation that opposed the movement included Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas
When did the Australian Civil Rights Movement start?
1965, marked by the start of the (Australian) freedom rides.
What song by a black American artist broke through the barrier and was played on MTV?
Billie Jean by Micheal Jackson and the Jackson 5.
What year was slavery abolished in the U.S.?
What were the freedom rides protesting?
Segregation in public transport.
What other social movements did the Civil Rights Movement effect? (Minus the Australian Civil Rights Movement)
The LGBTQIA+ rights movement, the feminist movement and the movement for Native American rights.
How much of the U.S. population was African American during the Civil Rights movement?
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, the Black population in the United States was approximately 11% to 13% of the total population.
What was the TV show mentioned in the seminar that challenged racial segregation and convention?
Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood.
What is Mr. Nakkan's wifes name?
Jessica(Jess) Serena
What was the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education.
Why were Southern states generally more opposed to the Civil Rights Movement?
Because they relied more on direct farm labour, as there were more farms and less industrial infrastructure.