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Malcolm X Hodge Podge
Ruled that “separate but equal” did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. A 100
What is Plessy v. Ferguson? A 100
Many Southern states passed these laws to enforce segregation. A 200
What are Jim Crow Laws? A 200
The desegregation campaign in the courts was led by this organization. A 300
What is the NAACP? A 300
One of the most successful lawyers during the civil rights era, helped to win Brown v. Board. A 400
Who is Thurgood Marshall? A 400
What board of education did the father of Linda Brown put on trial in the famous Brown v. Board of Ed case? A 500
What is Topeka, Kansas? A 500
When asked to lead the Montgomery bus boycott, MLK had just finished his PhD. in theology from this university. B 100
What is Boston University? B 100
King’s method of non-violent protest was taken from the pages of this influential historic figure. B 200
Who is Gandhi? B 200
Name for the organization King founded in ’57. B 300
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)? B 300
MLK’s assassin. B 400
Who is James Earl Ray? B 400
In 1965, a major voting rights campaign was led by King in this Alabama city. B 500
What is Selma? B 500
James Farmer, James Peck and other CORE members were known as this; taking a historic bus trip across the South. C 100
What are freedom riders? C 100
Dr. MLK, Jr. gave this famous speech during the March on Washington on August 28, C 200
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech? C 200
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed this into law which prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender. C 300
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? C 300
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This woman organized SNCC at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. C 400
Who is Ella Baker? C 400
Fannie Lou Hamer was asked to lead this party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. C 500
What is the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)? C 500
Who stated the following: “Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!” D 100
Who is Governor George Wallace? D 100
SNCC staged a sit-in at a Woolworth’s in this city of North Carolina. D 200
What is Greensboro? D 200
Name of the police commissioner in Birmingham, Alabama, determined to stop the protestors. D 300
Who is Eugene “Bull” Connor? D 300
James Meredith fought to enroll at this university in September of ’62. D 400
What is Ole’ Miss or the University of Mississippi? D 400
Many Southern blacks left their jobs as this to move to the industrial North after WWI. D 500
What is sharecropping? D 500
Reason that Malcolm dropped his last name Little to X. E 100
What is he wanted to drop his slave name? E 100
Place where Malcolm X learned that orthodox Islam preached racial equality. E 200
What is Mecca? E 200
Reason why Malcolm X was killed on Feb. 21, E 300
What is his split with Elijah Muhammad and the Black Muslims? E 300
Reason Malcolm X frightened most whites and moderate African Americans. E 400
What is his call for armed self-defense? E 400
Malcolm X followed the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, leader of this. E 500
What is the Nation of Islam or Black Muslims? E 500
After the campaign at Selma, this piece of legislation was passed which eliminated so- called literacy tests. F 100
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965? F 100
Leader of SNCC who would encourage “Black Power” after James Meredith was shot and injured during his “walk against fear”. F 200
Who is Stokely Carmichael? F 200
Location of King’s assassination. F 300
What is the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN? F 300
On March 1, 1968 this commission concluded the cause of urban violence to be white racism. F 400
What is the Kerner Commission? F 400
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 ended discrimination in this. F 500
What is housing? F 500
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