American Civil Rights Movement Quiz

Boy from Illinois whose brutal murder on a trip to Mississippi caused nationwide outrage.

President of the SCLC and most memorable leader of the civil rights movement.

Civil rights leader who followed the nation of islam and stood against white violence.

Supreme Court case that lead to the integration of schools in the south.

City in Alabama that lead marches and a voting rights movement.

City in Alabama where bus boycotts were held.

City in Arkansas where 9 black students were escorted to school under the command of president Eisenhower after local protest.

Woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus.

President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964

White nationalist group that terrorized black people in the south.

Alabama city where fire hoses and police dogs were unleashed on protesting school students.

Alabama governor who famously said "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".

City where #2 was assassinated in 1968.

Neighborhood in Los Angeles where riots left millions of dollars in damages.

Year in which the Voting Rights Act was passed.

1988 film based off the murders of three student civil rights activists in Mississippi in 1964.

Nickname for the system of segregation and racial mistreatment.

Buses of activists that took to the south to challenge segregation laws.

5 and dime chain where sit ins were held in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Civil rights organization formed in 1909 for the "advancement of colored people".