Organizing To Demand Rights Test Questions – Flashcards
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A difference between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X was that the former believed in
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integrating whites and African Americans.
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Elijah Muhammad, a leader of the Nation of Islam, promoted
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black nationalism.
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In December of 1956, the Supreme Court ended the bus boycott by ruling that
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Alabama's segregation laws were unconstitutional.
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A reason for the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was
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that the bus companies lost business.
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The actions of four African American college students at a lunch counter in 1960 started a
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sit-in movement.
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Which group was a result of the sit-in movement?
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the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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A group that was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and trained volunteers in nonviolent resistance was
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the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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A direct result of Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955 was
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the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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A leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott who also became the spokesperson for nonviolent protest by African Americans was
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Congress of Racial Equality
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used sit-ins in the 1940s to encourage integration.
