Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides (copy)

Civil Rights Movement in the US

What were the two civil rights organisations that were fighting battles in court and losing touch with grass-roots activists?

What were the two civil rights organisations that were fighting battles in court and losing touch with grass-roots activists?

NAACP and SCLC

Name the two organisations behind these youth protests

SNCC and CORE

Name the two key individuals in these organisations?

Diane Nash and James Farmer

Who led roleplay workshops in nonviolence?

Jim Lawson

How long did it take for protestors to face intimidation and violence?

2 weeks

How many demonstrators were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after being attacked?

80

Name of the Mayor in Nashville

Mayor Ben West

What boycott did black residents of Nashville launch to target the economy downtown?

Easter Boycott

Black customers were served for the first time in lunch counters and downtown stores how many weeks after West’s statement?

3

What organisation was formed as a result of this campaign?

SNCC

In the spring of 1960, how many veterans from Nashville and other cities attended an organising conference in North Carolina?

200

Where was MLK arrested and charged in a student sit-in?

Atlanta

How many months of labour was he charged with?

4

What organisation could JFK use to stop segregation in interstate transport?

Interstate Commerce Commission ICC

Name the two cities where the freedom riders (first wave) were met with violence

Anniston and Birmingham

Who was the Governor of Alabama?

John Patterson

Where did another major incident with freedom riders take place?

Montgomery

How many freedom riders had been arrested and sentenced in Jackson by the end of the summer of 1961?

300