Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
C.Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Movement
Test your knowledge of the American civil rights movement. Leaders, landmark events, and the fight for equality.
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In what city did the March on Washington take place in 1963?
A.Washington, D.C.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in which city?
A.Montgomery, Alabama
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
A.1955
Which amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery?
A.13th Amendment
Which Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
C.Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
C.Martin Luther King Jr.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by which president?
B.Lyndon B. Johnson
The Voting Rights Act was passed in what year?
A.1965
Which civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968?
D.Martin Luther King Jr.
The Little Rock Nine were the first African American students to integrate which high school?
C.Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
In what year did the Little Rock Nine enter Central High School?
A.1957
The Freedom Riders were testing desegregation of what?
C.Interstate bus travel
Which civil rights leader advocated for Black nationalism and was assassinated in 1965?
B.Malcolm X
The March from Selma to Montgomery was for what cause?
C.Voting rights
Who was the chief justice of the Supreme Court when Brown v. Board of Education was decided?
A.Earl Warren
Which 1896 Supreme Court case established "separate but equal" and was overturned by Brown?
A.Plessy v. Ferguson
Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist assassinated in which state?
A.Mississippi
The Birmingham campaign in 1963 was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and which organization?
D.Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
A.Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall argued which landmark case before the Supreme Court?
B.Brown v. Board of Education
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution abolished what?
A.Poll taxes in federal elections
Bloody Sunday in 1965 occurred during the march from Selma to where?
D.Montgomery
Which president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?
C.Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is also known as the Fair Housing Act and addressed what?
A.Discrimination in housing