Civil Rights Leaders
This Georgia-born preacher led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became the most visible leader of the national Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This student-led group, known by the initials SNCC, organized sit-ins and voter registration drives across the South.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
This 1963 event featured King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and pushed national attention onto civil rights demands.
What is the March on Washington (1963)
This Georgia politician resisted integration after the Civil Rights Act and was known for closing his restaurant rather than serving Black customers.
Who is Lester Maddox
He was a young Congressman from Georgia who started as a leader in SNCC and later served many years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is John Lewis?
The SCLC used this major tactic, inspired by its philosophy of peaceful protest, to challenge segregation and voting restrictions.
What is nonviolent protest / direct action (sit-ins, marches, boycotts)
The 1961 effort in Georgia that tested desegregation of interstate buses and led to violent attacks on activists was called the Freedom ___.
What are the Freedom Rides
Name the Georgia mayor of Atlanta who worked to attract business and improve race relations in the city during the mid-20th century.
Who is William B. Hartsfield
Name the civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent protest, wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail," and helped found the SCLC.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Name the group of lawyers and national organization that used court cases to challenge segregation and won key legal decisions before many mass protests began (NAACP).
What is theNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
In 1961, students staged sit-ins and protests at lunch counters across the South to demand service; these actions helped create which student-centered committee abbreviated as SNCC? (Answer with full name.)
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
This event in Georgia became a focal point for resistance to racial equality and helped show ongoing tensions during the early 20th century (hint: a high-profile criminal trial and lynching).
What is the Leo Frank case
A key strategist and close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize nonviolent protests and civil rights campaigns, and was the mayor of Atlanta.
Who was Andrew Young
Name three of the "big six" coalition of civil rights organizations that helped plan the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), Urban League, BSCP (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters).
This 1961–1962 campaign in a Georgia city attempted to desegregate public facilities and drew national leaders to help coordinate protests; name the city.
What is Albany
This Georgia congressman and civil rights opponent used the "states' rights" argument against federal civil rights legislation; name one prominent state or national-level figure associated with resistance.
Who is Lester Maddox
Co-founded the SCLC in Atlanta in 1957. He was arrested and convicted alongside MLK for protesting in Albany, Georgia, in 1961.
Who is Ralph David Abernathy
This movement began in Albany, Georgia, in 1961 and involved a coalition of local activists, students, and national groups working to desegregate the city.
What is the Albany Movement
This 1964 federal law outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination — name it.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What religious group did Malcolm X belong to?
What is the Nation of Islam