Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

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Boyd ES Staff Black History Trivia

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How much do you know about African American leaders and events?

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1
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Aaron Brown
Marcellus Moore
Leviticus Lewis
Cassius Clay
2
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Bobby Seale
John Lewis
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
3
SNCC member Stokely Carmichael was instrumental in forming the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama. What was
A black panther
A balance scale
A raised fist
The letters MLK
4
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
Southern Church of the People
Ebenezer Baptist
Atlanta Tabernacle
Atlanta Southern Baptist
5
Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?
Communications Workers of America
American Federal of Teachers
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
6
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
G.C. Murphy
S.S. Kresge
W.T.
Woolworth's
7
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scot King
8
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
9
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
High school cafeteria worker
Drugstore clerk
Department store seamstress
Hospital orderly
10
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”
Bob Gibson
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron

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