Boldface Words
X Marks the Spot
The Militant Movement
Long Hot Summers 1965-1968
Grab Bag of Names
100
This is what NOW stands for.
What is the National Organization for Women?
100
Malcolm X favored a return of African Americans to this continent.
What is Africa?
100
Activists who would not tolerate any compromise were called this.
What is militants?
100
This was the location of the first in a series of race riots in 1965.
What is Watts, California?
100
This President got Congress to pass his Great Society programs to help disadvantaged Americans.
Who is President Lyndon Johnson?
200
This is the term for someone who dies for an important cause.
What is a martyr?
200
Malcolm X was a member of this radical organization.
What is the Nation of Islam or the Black Muslims?
200
Militant African Americans often wore their hair in this style.
What is an afro?
200
The Watts riot lasted this many days.
What is six days?
200
This chief justice of the Supreme Court led the court in overturning segregation beginning with the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
Who is Earl Warren?
300
This is what ERA stands for.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
300
Malcolm X did not agree with the methods of this other famous civil rights leader.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
The militant blacks and whites who rode buses around the South to protest against segregation were called this.
What is Freedom Riders?
300
A major riot in this Great Lakes area city in 1967 led to the arrest of 7,000 people.
What is Detroit, Michigan?
300
This woman wrote The Feminine Mystique and founded the National Organization for Women.
Who is Betty Friedan?
400
Activists for equal rights for women are called this?
What are feminists?
400
Malcolm X's teachings strongly influenced young civil rights leaders who were members of this organization.
What is SNCC or the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?
400
This militant African American political and service group was formed in Oakland, California in 1966.
What is the Black Panther Party?
400
This event touched off riots in 130 cities around the United States in 1968.
What is the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
400
This woman opposed the Equal Rights Amendment claiming it would lead to women in combat and unisex bathrooms.
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
500
A temporary alliance for a common purpose is also known as this.
What is a coalition?
500
Three terms from the civil rights movement, all beginning with the word black, can be traced to the speeches of Malcolm X. Name 2 of the 3, or all for a bonus.
What is black power, black separatism, and black pride.
500
This man was arrested many times as the leader of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
500
The Kerner Report stated that this was the cause of race riots across the United States.
What is white attitudes and behaviors toward African Americans?
500
This man got his conviction for kidnapping and rape overturned by the Supreme Court because the police did not tell him he could remain silent or ask for a lawyer to represent him.
What is Ernesto Miranda? (last name is enough.)