Famous People
Events of the CR Movement
ML King and Malcolm X
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The civil rights activist who followed the teachings of Ghandi
Who is Martin Luther King?
100
The number of students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock
What is 9
100
This was the profession (paid job) of Dr. Martin Luther King.
What was a Baptist pastor?
100
The name of the movement that was led by Malcolm X
What is the Black Panthers?
100
The African American man who integrated the University of Mississippi
Who is James Meredith?
200
The Governor of Arkansas at the time of the Integration of Central High.
Who is Governor Faubus?
200
This is the reason that Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested.
What is for refusing to ride at the back of the bus?
200
Three methods of civil disobedience used by MLK
What is sit in, boycott, march
200
the name of the President of the United States who opposed Governor Faubus
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
200
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in this year.
What is 1964?
300
The Supreme Court Justice who delivered the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education
Who is Earl Warren?
300
This occurred on a hotel balcony and marked the end of a great man's crusade for civil rights.
What was the assassination of MLK
300
In his first speech, MLK told the people they were fighting for this.
What was 'freedom and equality?'
300
The initial troops that Governor Faubus used to block entrance to Central High
What was the Arkansas National Guard?
300
The reason that one girl was targeted by an angry mob outside of Central High on the first day of attempted integration.
What is she was not notified that all students were going to gather and arrive together?
400
General Counsel for the NAACP during the Brown vs. Board of Education hearings
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
The name of the supreme court decision that was overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education
What was Plessy vs. Ferguson?
400
The suspected reason for the death of Malcolm X
What is in fighting within the Muslim movement in the U.S.?
400
What does the NAACP stand for?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
400
In 1960, four black students participated in this at a white's only lunch counter inside a Woolworth's store.
What is a 'sit in?'
500
A civil rights activist who followed the teaching of Mohammed.
Who is Malcolm X
500
Three qualifications of students chosen to integrate Central High.
What is good students, socially outgoing, emotionally stable?
500
The reason that Malcolm X uses X as his last name.
What is his belief that all descendants of the slaves carry false names given to the slaves by their masters?
500
A terrorist group that targeted African Americans from the end of the Civil War to the present
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
500
The Ultimate Prize that was awarded to MLK.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
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