Civil Rights leaders
Historical Events
Jim Crow laws
Important people
Quotes
100
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
What is Martin Luther King
100
The Sit-ins protested segregation in what facilities
What is dinners/ restaurants
100
Jim Crow laws were put into place to?
What is keep African Americans from getting their full equality
100

What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man?

(the person who did this before Rosa Parks)

What is Claudette Colvin

100

who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." 

What is Martin Luther King.

200
What Civil rights leader wanted African Americans to establish separate communities, he did not believe that being peaceful had achieved anything and should blacks should act in their own self defense when violence was inflicted upon them.
What is Malcolm X
200
What law was signed by President Lyndon Johnson prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
What is Civil Rights act of 1964
200
In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?
What is stated that separate but equal was constitutional
200
What was Emmett Tills mothers name?
What is Mamie Till
200

Who said, "A wise man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

What is Malcolm X.

300
What Civil rights leader thought that segregation should end now! Blacks should not have to wait for or try to earn their equality from whites. Blacks should also have the option to have whatever type education they wanted whether it be practical or academic.
What is W.E.B. Du Bois
300
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved in significant numbers to the North in order to?
What is escape segregation & find better jobs
300
In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case determined that?
What is the segregation of American public schools was illegal
300
What terrorist group hoped to deny African-Americans equal rights as citizens?
What is the Ku Klux Klan
300

Who said, "I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom equality and justice, and prosperity for all people."

What is Rosa Parks.

400
What Civil rights leader stated violence is pointless and to achieve equality blacks should not use violence. He stated that if a law was unjust blacks should be morally obligated to not follow it but accept the consequences. He hoped for brotherhood for all men and the ending of segregation.
What is Martin Luther King
400

The Great Depression was hardest on blacks because?

What is blacks were the first to lose their jobs, and did not have financial savings to help them through the Great Depression

400

The main goal of the civil rights movement was to?

What is end segregation based on race

400

What was the name of the 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was murdered for talking to a white woman? The photo of his corpse was published & shocked Americans into fighting for civil rights.

What is Emmett Till

400

Who said, "If there is no struggle there is no progress."

What is Frederick Douglass.

500

What civil rights leader wanted blacks to work hard and earn their equality from whites. He did not believe in pushing for the ending of segregation or equal rights now. He thought blacks should focus on working hard, saving money & getting a practical education so they would be superior laborers.

What is Booker T Washington

500

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s was a period when African Americans

What is blacks made important contributions in music, literature, & art

500

Literacy tests, Poll Taxes & the Grandfather Clause was put into place to?

What is prevent African Americans from voting

500

What United States president signed the Civil Rights act of 1964?

What is Lyndon Johnson

500

Who said, "If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it. 

What is John Lewis.

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