Black Activism Study Guide

Question 1

What event does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

Selma to Montgomery Marches

Question 2

Why did lunch counters desegregate?

Accepted Answer

Because of acts of protest such as the sit-ins

Question 3

People were angry and wanted justice after the murder of Emmett Till

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

When did the Montgomery bus boycott happen?

Accepted Answer

1955

Question 5

Freedom riders were brutally attacked by white people in the South

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What did the phrase "Black Power" mean when it was created?

Accepted Answer

Back people fighting for their liberation by any means necessary

Question 7

The Black Panthers started their free breakfast program in what city?

Accepted Answer

Oakland

Question 8

Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated by racists who opposed Civil Rights for Black People

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What group do you think the people in this photo belong to?

Accepted Answer

Black Panther Party

Question 10

Who is this man?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

Question 11

Three American Athletes raised their fists in solidarity with the Black Power movment during the Olympics

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" Speech during what event?

Accepted Answer

March on Washington

Question 13

What does school segregation mean?

Accepted Answer

When Black people were forced to go to separate schools from white people

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