22- Civil Rights Movement Test Quiz

What did the Sibley Commission find regarding public opinion on the integration of schools?

Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Failed attempt to integrate this small town in Georgia, but considered a valuable learning experience

Six time mayor of Atlanta best known for making city "too busy to hate." Peacefully Integrated Atlanta schools

John Lewis has supported human rights his entire life.

Why did the Dixiecrat political party form?

Longtime president of Morehouse College and mentor to "Morehouse Men"

Mayor who integrated city hall, fire dept, removed restrictions on black officers,

Which was NOT a part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Group that planned Civil Rights Movement and promoted equal rights for African Americans through non-violent protests

Which was NOT an immediate reaction by Ga to Brown v. Board?

Famously stood her ground against the Montgomery Bus segregation policies.

Group of students who led nonviolent campaigns including sit-ins, bycotts and Freedom Rides

Georgia included a confederate battle symbol on the state flag as a protest to Brown v. Board of Ed.

What helped lead to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Who was first African American since Reconstruction to be elected in Georgia to the US House of Reps?

Which president desegragated the armed forces in 1948?

Group organized in 1960 to study what the Ga citizens believed about integrating public schools.

Which is NOT true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What was the purpose of the "citizenship schools" and who led them?

Which was NOT a focus of the SCLC

The Civil Rights Act was a result of....

Group that traveled through the South on interstate buses to challenged segregation laws.

Outcome: integrated the city's public transportation system

Won Nobel Peace Prize for his role in promoting civil rights

March for voter education and registration that was met with police violence but led to Voting Rights Act of 1965

Recommendation of the Sibley Commission was to.....

Segregationist who closed his restaurant down rather than integrate.

Governor who established the Minimum Foundation Act to delay integration of Ga schools

US Congressman. UN Ambassador. Mayor of Atlanta. Co-chair of Olympic Games

Atlanta's first black mayor

Oldest and Largest civil rights organization fighting for equality through the nation's court systems.

Early civil rights leader who called for immediate equality and promoted "Talented Tenth"

Which early civil rights leader called for economic independence as a means for gaining civil rights?

UGA's first African American female student to be accepted.

Which is NOT true of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

"Separate but Equal" was overturned by this 1954 Supreme Court Decision

Civil Rights Leader, co-founder of SNCC, spoke at March on Washington and U.S. Congressman

Type of protest where people occupy a space they are not allowed

Type of protest where people refuse to spend money on services or goods.

Leader of civil rights, SCLS, won Nobel Peace Prize, non-violent protest