Question | Answer | % Correct |
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These women refused to give up their seats on buses in Montgomery, leading to a 385 day bus boycott. | Rosa Parks | 94%
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These laws mandated racial segregation in public spaces in the South. | Jim Crow laws | 93%
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This leader of the civil rights movement gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington in 1963. | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 87%
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This 1954 Supreme Court case ended segregation in education. | Brown v. Board of Education | 76%
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Federal troops were sent to this city to help nine students integrate a public high school. | Little Rock | 75%
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This teenager is brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman. | Emmett Till | 68%
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This president issued an executive order in 1948 ending segregation in the military | Harry S. Truman | 63%
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These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s. | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | 62%
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These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s. | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 60%
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Activists marched between this city and Montgomery to advocate for voting rights in 1965. (Hint: It was the topic of a 2014 movie) | Selma | 55%
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This activist was associated with the Nation of Islam and provided the intellectual foundation for the Black Power movement | Malcom X | 54%
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This group rode a Greyhound bus through the South to protest segregated bus terminals. | Freedom Riders | 49%
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This revolutionary socialist political organization was founded to challenge police brutality in Oakland. | Black Panther Party | 43%
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Four Black students in this city refused to leave a white-only lunch counter until they were served. | Greensboro | 25%
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This kindergartner was the first Black student at an elementary school in Louisiana. | Ruby Bridges | 22%
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These women refused to give up their seats on buses in Montgomery, leading to a 385 day bus boycott. | Claudette Colvin | 17%
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These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s. | Fair Housing Act of 1968 | 11%
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