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Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead what 1955-56 event that protested segregation in Alabama?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Malcolm X was a leader who rejected nonviolence and promoted what?
What is black nationalism?
Diane Nash helped organize sit-ins in which Southern city while attending Fisk University?
What is Nashville?
Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat led to a bus boycott in which city?
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted into the military during what war?
What is the Vietnam War?
John Lewis helped create what major student civil rights organization in 1961?
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)?
Thurgood Marshall led the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to win what major 1954 Supreme Court case?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Huey P. Newton co-founded what major political organization in 1966?
What is the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense?
Stokely Carmichael first gained attention during what 1966 march?
What is the "March Against Fear"?
Ella Baker helped organize what 1960 conference that created SNCC?
What is the April 1960 conference?
What organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help form in 1957?
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
At what event did John Lewis speak as a representative in 1963?
What is the March on Washington?
What religious organization was Malcolm X associated with early in his leadership?
What is the Nation of Islam?
What was the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund’s role under Marshall’s leadership?
What is taking aim against segregation?
Diane Nash helped organize which famous civil rights campaign in 1961?
What are the Freedom Rides?
Newton was involved in an altercation with police in which city?
What is Oakland, California?
Rosa Parks' arrest helped launch the career of what young minister?
A: Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Stokely Carmichael issued the first call for what powerful slogan during the 1960s?
A: What is "Black Power"?
Q: Before he changed his name, Muhammad Ali was born with what name?
A: What is Cassius Clay?
Ella Baker was a former organizer for which major civil rights group before helping SNCC?
A: What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
His birthday became a national holiday, making him the first non-president to receive this honor.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He journeyed to Selma to support Dr. King just weeks before his assassination.
Who is Malcolm X?
After moving South, she became a powerful force for civil rights despite never having experienced segregation before.
Who is Diane Nash?
This leader called for "Black Power" after completing James Meredith’s March Against Fear.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
Former SCLC executive who became a mentor to leaders like John Lewis and Diane Nash.
A: Who is Ella Baker?