Civil Rights Movement - BHB

  1. Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. What Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

    • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

  3. Who refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

    • Rosa Parks

  4. Who was the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

  5. Who was the first African American to integrate the University of Mississippi?

    • James Meredith

  6. What was the name of the group of students who integrated Central High School in Arkansas?

    • The Little Rock Nine

  7. Which civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee?

    • Martin Luther King Jr.

  8. What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?

    • 1964

  9. Who was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?

    • John Lewis

  10. What protest method did the Greensboro Four use in 1960?

    • Sit-ins

  11. Who was the leader of the Black Panther Party?

    • Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

  12. Which civil rights activist was famous for the phrase "By Any Means Necessary"?

    • Malcolm X

  13. Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate?

    • Carol Moseley Braun

  14. Which civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965?

    • Malcolm X

  15. What was the main goal of the March on Washington in 1963?

    • To advocate for jobs and freedom

  16. What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?

    • To challenge segregation in interstate travel

  17. Which landmark law ended voter discrimination?

    • The Voting Rights Act of 1965

  18. Who was the NAACP field secretary murdered in Mississippi in 1963?

    • Medgar Evers

  19. Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

    • Lyndon B. Johnson

  20. What did the 24th Amendment abolish?

    • Poll taxes

  21. What movement was associated with Stokely Carmichael?

    • Black Power

  22. Who was the first Black woman to deliver a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention?

    • Barbara Jordan

  23. Which civil rights activist and congressman marched on "Bloody Sunday"?

    • John Lewis

  24. Who was the first Black person on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List due to political activism?

    • Angela Davis

  25. What was the first city bus system successfully desegregated due to protests?

    • Montgomery, Alabama