Civil Rights Act
What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
1964
What famous speech did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver during the March on Washington in 1963?
"I Have a Dream"
Which civil rights organization was founded in 1909 and is known as the oldest and one of the most influential civil rights groups in the United States?
NAACP
What type of protest did the Greensboro Four use to challenge segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960?
Sit-in
Who was the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington?
John Lewis
Which U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act into law?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by the teachings of which Indian leader known for nonviolent protest?
Mahatma Gandhi
Which civil rights group organized the Freedom Rides in 1961?
CORE
Which famous 1963 protest in Washington, D.C. featured Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech?
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
What civil rights leader is known for helping to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Ella Baker
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on all of the following EXCEPT:
Race
Religion
Disability
National origin
In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. win the Nobel Peace Prize?
1964
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded in 1957, had which prominent leader as its first president?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Name of the group of activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South in 1961?
The Freedom Riders
What famous Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall argue and win, ending segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act specifically addresses discrimination in what area?
Employment
What was the name of the church where Dr. King served as co-pastor with his father?
Ebenezer Baptist Church
SNCC, a student-led civil rights group, was heavily influenced by which activist who believed in grassroots organizing and the power of young people?
Ella Baker
A major civil rights campaign in 1963 that included school walkouts, mass arrests, and police using fire hoses and dogs on young protesters?
Birmingham, Alabama
Which civil rights leader famously said, “By any means necessary” to describe the struggle for Black empowerment?
Malcolm X
What federal agency was created to help enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
What was the title of the letter Dr. King wrote while imprisoned, defending the strategy of nonviolent resistance?
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Which civil rights organization was formed primarily by college students in 1960 and played a major role in sit-ins and Freedom Rides?
SNCC
The Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 aimed to secure what civil right for African Americans?
The right to vote
Rosa Parks is best known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in which city?
Montgomery, Alabama