Civil Rights Movement Quiz

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These laws mandated racial segregation in public spaces in the South.

This president issued an executive order in 1948 ending segregation in the military

This 1954 Supreme Court case ended segregation in education.

This teenager is brutally murdered after allegedly flirting with a white woman.

These women refused to give up their seats on buses in Montgomery, leading to a 385 day bus boycott.

This group rode a Greyhound bus through the South to protest segregated bus terminals.

Federal troops were sent to this city to help nine students integrate a public high school.

This kindergartner was the first Black student at an elementary school in Louisiana.

This leader of the civil rights movement gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington in 1963.

This activist was associated with the Nation of Islam and provided the intellectual foundation for the Black Power movement

Four Black students in this city refused to leave a white-only lunch counter until they were served.

Activists marched between this city and Montgomery to advocate for voting rights in 1965. (Hint: It was the topic of a 2014 movie)

These three major civil rights legislations were enacted during the 1960s.

This revolutionary socialist political organization was founded to challenge police brutality in Oakland.