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Civil Rights Knowledge

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    WDYK about the Civil Rights Movement
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  • In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to leave her seat to a white man in the bus?
    1955
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  • What is the name of the state where the bus boycott started?
    Alabama
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  • Who was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court?
    Thurgood Marshall
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  • What year was Martin Luther King Jr. fatally shot?
    1968
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  • Where was the "I have a dream" speech held?
    Washington D.C.
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  • What sort of job (occupation) did Martin Luther King Jr have?
    Pastor
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  • He marched with MLK in Selma and served on Georgia's House of Representatives for 30+ years.
    John Lewis
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  • Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees due process and equal protection rights to all citizens?
    14th Amendment
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  • Martin Luther King was admitted to what HBCU at the age of 15?
    Morehouse College
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  • Who was Martin Luther King Jr. was married to?
    Coretta Scott
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  • What prize was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded in 1964?
    The Nobel Peace Prize
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  • Which American president signed the Emancipation proclamation in 1863?
    Abraham Lincoln
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  • Whose writings and practices inspired MLK. and the nonviolent movement?
    Mohandas Gandhi
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  • Who was the president of the USA when the civil rights act of 1964 was decided upon?
    Lyndon B Johnson
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  • Continue the quote: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
    ...not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
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  • The National Civil Rights Museum/Lorraine Motel is in what state?
    Tennessee
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