Rights On Trial
Civil Rights Leaders
Marches & Movements
Civil Rights Legislation
The Opposition
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In this major Supreme Court case, Chief Justice Earl Warren stated, "Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children."
Brown v. Board of Education
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This leader of the Civil Rights Movement delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his historic "I Have a Dream" speech?
at the March on Washington
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The Civil Rights Act passed by Congress in 1964 sought to end the series of laws in the south known as...
Jim Crow Laws
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Which Georgia governor appointed more African Americans to government positions than all previous Georgia governors combined?
Lester Maddox
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What event resulted in the redesign of the Georgia state flag in 1956?
Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education
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Who is being described by the following?
- Born in Alabama in 1940
- Participated in the Freedom Rides of the 1960s
- Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
- Beaten during the "Bloody Sunday" protest in Selma in 1965
John Lewis
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What was the MAIN goal of the Albany Movement?
To promote desegregation and other rights (such as voting)
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This picture shows the type of discrimination in the 20th century that was meant to be ended by this important law...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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What was the name of the restaurant owned by Governor Lester Maddox before he became governor of Georgia?
Pickrick Restaurant
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What was the name of the group formed to study how school desegregation would affect Georgia and recommend how the state should respond to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
Sibley Commission
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In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest person ever to receive this prestigious award for his efforts in promoting civil rights.
Nobel Peace Prize
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What type of demonstrations were promoted the MOST by Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement?
Nonviolence
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Which President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Why did Lester Maddox close his restaurant?
He refused to serve African American customers following the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned the decision made in this earlier case....
Plessy v. Ferguson
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“When I was 15 years old and in the tenth grade, I heard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Three years later, when I was 18, I met Dr. King and we became friends. Two years after that I became very involved in the civil rights movement. I was in college at that time. As I got more and more involved, I saw politics as a means of bringing about change.”
John Lewis
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Many prominent figures and organizations emerged out of the Civil Rights Movement. What were some of the ways civil rights leaders demonstrated for their cause?
Sit-ins at lunch counters, Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington
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What major changes did the Civil Rights Act have on discrimination?
Stopped employment discrimination and Ended segregation in public places
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What action did Governor Lester Maddox take that went against his typical racist views while in office?
He appointed more African Americans to government positions than all previous Georgia governors combined.
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How did the findings of the Sibley Commission affect private schools?
It did not. However, some people sent their kids to private school to avoid integration.
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What role did John Lewis, seen here, play in the Civil Rights Movement from the mid-1980s onward?
He was a member of the United States Congress.
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The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was known for its organized, nonviolent sit-ins to protest what racist laws in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
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This law, passed in 1965, aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting and protect the rights of African Americans to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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What political position in Georgia did Lester Maddox hold after he could no longer serve as Governor?
Lieutenant Governor