Civil Rights Movement Spring 2021

Two black athletes raised their fists as a symbol of a salute of human rights at this event in 1968 

What speech was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC by Martin Luther King Jr.  ?

What is the title of the 30-foot granite sculpture of Dr. King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC? 

National Guard prevented 9 black students from attending all-white high school in which city?

How many times was Dr. King imprisoned for act of Civil Disobedience?

How many people attended the March on Washington?  

True or False: The goal of the 1961 Freedom Rides was to desegregate the interstate bus system in the South

True or False: 600 people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Brimingham, Alabama

True or False: Rosa Parks's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus triggered a bus boycott in Memphis

Where is the National Civil Rights Museum located? 

On what subject did the Supreme Court rule in Loving v Virginia ?

True or False: "I have a dream", one of the most memorable speeches by Dr. King was NOT the speech prepared for that day

In what decade did the Civil Rights Movement start? 

Who was infamous for releasing dogs and high-pressure hoses on protesters? 

Claudette Colvin was the 15-year-old that refused to give up her seat 9 months before Rosa Parks? 

True or False: John F. Kennedy was the President that signed the Civil Right Act of 1964

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process and equal protection rights to all citizens? 

Who was one of the famous Freedom Riders that later served in the House of Representatives for over 32 years?  

Where was Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated at the Lorraine Motel? 

What school in Minnesota did Martin Luther King Jr. give a speech in 1967?  

True or False: The focus of the Mississippi Summer Project was to increase the number of black registered voters

What six-year-old girl was escorted to her first day of school to integrate schools in New Orleans? 

What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional? 

There are over 1,000 of these named after Martin Luther King Jr.

True or False: Greensboro sit-ins was when 4 African American students refused to leave “whites only” lunch counter