When did the Freedom Summer campaign start?
(Month, Year)
June, 1964
100
What state was Rosa Parks in when she refused to give up her seat to a white man?
Alabama
100
Who refused to give a seat to a white man, and sparked The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
100
What was introduced by Executive Order 10925, and prevented business owners from rejecting job applicants due to race, gender, or belief?
Affirmative Action
100
What was the goal of the Kerner Commission?
To investigate the reasons behind the Detroit Riots of 1967
200
When did the Brown v Board of Education case occur?
(Month Day, Year)
May 17, 1954
200
In what state did The Freedom Summer occur?
Mississippi
200
Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?
James Earl Ray
200
What laws segregated white people from colored people?
(Hint: "separate but equal")
Jim Crowe Laws
200
What happens in a Sit-in?
African Americans sit in white sections, and request to be served.
300
When did The Civil Rights Movement become popular in the U.S.A?
(19__'s and the 19__'s)
1950's and the 1960's
300
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. lead a nonviolent protest that attracted national attention due to the police responding with attack dogs, and high-pressure water jets?
(City)
Birmingham
300
Who signed the executive order that first implemented affirmative action?
President John F. Kennedy
300
What civil rights rally included MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech?
The March On Washington
300
What movement's main goal was to get as many African American voters as possible into Mississippi?
The Freedom Summer
400
When did The Rosa Parks Incident occur?
(Month Day, Year)
December 1, 1955
400
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
(City, State)
Memphis, Tennessee
400
Who gave a famous speech during The March On Washington?
Martin Luther King Jr.
400
What was a political and social protest campaign against racial segregation in the public transit system in Montgomery, AL?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
400
What was a Freedom Rider?
a civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S.A.
500
When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
(Month Day, Year)
April 4, 1968
500
Where did Orval Faubus send the national guard to stop African American students from entering a high school?
(City, State)
Little Rock, Arkansas
500
What is Malcolm X's birth name?
(Bonus) What was he also known as?
Malcolm Little
(Bonus) El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
500
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" as constitutional?