Civil Rights leaders
Key Events
Jim Crow
Challenges
Misc
100
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
Martin Luther King
100
When, who, and where was the March on Washington?
The 1963 March on Washington was a 1-mile march led by Martin Luther King Jr with ~250,000 people protesting for Civil Rights in Washington D.C. where he delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech" on the Lincoln Memorial.
*Extra 50 points if you mention:
- 1-mile
- 250,000
- I Have a Dream
100
Define the Jim Crow Era
The Jim Crow era was a period of legalized segregation that began after the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson ruling, which established the doctrine of “separate but equal.” This era followed the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, which had attempted to integrate formerly enslaved African Americans into American society.
Extra 50 points if mentioned:
- Plessy v Ferguson "separate but equal"
- Reconstruction Era
100
How long was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Over a year
50 points extra if you say exactly 381 days
100
What does segregation mean?
What is each race is kept separate from each other.
200
Which civil rights leader worked as a secretary at the NAACP and initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
200
Which piece of legislation officially outlawed literacy tests for voting and led to an increase in African American voters. (Name and year required)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
200
For how long did the Jim Crow period of legalized segregation last?
Around 60 years
200
Who refused to give their seat on a bus to protest segregation?
Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks
200
When was the Civil Rights Movement?
1950s and 1960s
300
What Civil rights leader used peaceful protests to fight for Civil Rights and become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner for it.
Martin Luther King Jr. 
300
What were the Greensboro Sit-Ins?
An example of a peacefully disruptive Civil Rights protest that involved 4 college students 'sitting-in' at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina 
300
Which Supreme Court ruling initiated the end of Jim Crow segregation in schools? (Name and year required)
The 1954 Brown V Board of Education supreme court ruling
300
What role did police and firefighters play in the Civil Rights Movement?
Police and firefighters were frequently used to enforce segregation laws and suppress protests with the use of police dogs, batons, and water hoses to break up peaceful marches and scare crowds.
300
What does this poster mean?
Telling the world that black people are human and should be treated with the same respect and rights as everyone else.
400
Which Civil rights leader believed that African Americans should act in their own self defense when violence was inflicted upon them.
Malcolm X
400
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and what did it do?
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin?
400
Which foundation and lawyer led the defense in Brown v Board of Education?
The NAACP and Thurgood Marshall
Extra 50 points if mentioned
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
400
Who were the Freedom Riders
Group of white and black students who fought against segregated transportation on buses and trains by offering Freedom Rides
400
What religious group did Malcolm X belong to?
Nation of Islam (50 points extra if mentioned he later left)
500
What Civil rights leader worked as an attorney general, supported the Freedom Riders, and died for his support Civil Rights.
Robert F. Kennedy
500
How did Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks differ, and why did Rosa Parks become the face of the bus boycott and a symbol of the civil rights movement instead of Claudette Colvin?
Rosa Parks was an adult who worked as a secretary for the NAACP, and her arrest helped launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old student, actually refused to give up her seat months before Parks did, simply because she believed it was wrong. But because she was so young, didn’t have the same public support, and later became pregnant, she didn’t become the face of the movement. Still, both of them were brave and helped push the fight against segregation forward.
500
How did the white community at the time react to the desegregation of schools?
50 points if more than 2 examples mentioned
1. Resistance
2. Little Rock 9 protests where 9 black students were integrating into Little Rock Central High School and faced significant oppositions and threats in protest. (50 points more if mention National Guard)
3. White Flight of white families and their students from public to private schools
500
Who was assassinated for their beliefs in and support for Civil Rights?
Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.
500
What presidents administration introduced the Civil Rights legislation?
John F. Kennedy's
