Bus Boycotts
Who sparked the non - violent bus boycotts?
Rosa Parkes
When was Brown v Board of Education?
1954
When was the Albany Movement?
1961-62
What year was the March on Washington
1963
The name of a prominent Civil Rights Leader
Martin Luther King
When were the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?
1955 - 56
Who was the plaintiff in Brown v Board?
Oliver Brown
The aim of the Albany Movement was to
End all forms of racial segregation
How many people took part in the March on Washington?
Over 250,000
What were two methods used in the civil rights movement?
non- violent protest
sit- ins
propaganda
word of mouth
How many black Baptist Churches were firebombed during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
7 Churches
What was the ruling in Brown v Board?
ban segregation in public schools
What was one method used in the launch of the Birmingham Campaign
series of mass meetings, direct actions, lunch counter sit-ins, marches on City Hall, and a boycott of downtown merchants.
The name of the famous speech delivered by Rev Martin Luther King Jr
'I have a dream' speech
What was the precedent set in the US supreme court in the Plessy v Ferguson Case?
Separate but equal
What was the purpose of the bus boycotts?
To protest for the integration of public transport
Coordinated group of five lawsuits against school districts- name two of the districts
Kansas, South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, Columbia.
What was Martin Luther King Jr arrested for in Birmingham
violating the anti-protest injunction
Historic March on Washington for _____ and ________
jobs and freedom
The name for bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.
Freedom Riders
The number of black bus riders who boycotted the system.
A. 20000
B. 30000
C. 40000
D. 50000
Approximately 40000
Name a member of the legal team in Brown v Board
Thurgood Marshall
Jack Greenberg
Constance Baker Motley
Robert Carter
Oliver Hall
Charles Houston
James Nabrit
Spottswood Robinson
The name of the other individual arrested with Rev Martin Luther King in Birmingham
Rev Ralph Abernathy
Name two of the six Civil Rights groups involved in the march.
NAACP
SCLC
CORE
SNCC
Executive Director of the National Urban League
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porter
Protests held in cafes, restaurants and hotels, opposing discrimination and segregation
Sit-ins