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What happened as people around the nation saw peaceful protestors being beaten by angry mobs and policemen
a) The movement gained support
b) The movement started fighting back
c) The angry mobs and policemen stopped beating the protestors
d) People started singing in harmony
Who was LInda Brown's lawyer?
a) Linda Brown
b) Bobby Brown
c) Oliver Brown
d) James Brown
The Boycott ended when
a) The Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to desegregate their public transportation
b) The Civil Rights committee asked that the Boycott end
c) Blacks and whites begin to eat in the same restaurant
d) Everyone got together and had a picnic in the park
What did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference do?
a) Go around looking for someone to go to church
b) Lead anti-discrimination marches and protests throughout the South
c) Attend segregated movies and restaurants with their friends
d) Preached to students about living right
Dr. King formed a group called
a) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
b) The First African American Christian Academy
c) Atlanta Christian Leadership University
d) Montgomery Christian Academy
King was an extremely gifted man who preached
a) Nonviolent civil disobedience against unfair laws
b) Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
c) It is alright to attack someone, especially if they hit first
d) What is done in the dark is no ones’ business
Mays lectures had a tremendous impact on one of his students
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Rosa Parks
d) Thurgood Marshall
Mays also taught his students to challenge the segregation laws that restricted their
a) Human rights
b) Voting rights
c) Schooling rights
d) Political rights
Benjamin Mays spoke out against segregation and strongly believed that all human being should be treated with
a) Love and kindness
b) Respect and love
c) Kindness and truth
d) Respect and dignity
Who was one of Georgia’s early influential voices, born of a slave but grew up to be a very educated man?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Benjamin Mays
c) Jackie Robinson
d) Barack Obama
During the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans fought against
a) Racial discrimination and segregation
b) Segregation and the right to own land
c) Racial discrimination and the right to own land
d) The right to own land and the right to vote
In what year was the Georgia flag finally replaced?
a) 1999
b) 1777
c) 2001
d) 2013
Throughout the US history, many African Americans were treated like what, especially in the South.
a) First class citizen
b) Slaves
c) Second class citizen
d) Property
The 1956 flag greatly offended African-Americans and progressive whites because of what?
a) It had too many red and white stripes
b) Three-fourths of it looked like a Confederate battle flag
c) It had too many stripes and stars on it
d) Two-thirds of it looked like a Confederate battle flag
Who did not want Herman Talmadge to win as governor?
a) Eugene Talmadge
b) Ellis Arnall
c) Melvin Thompson
d) Benjamin Mays
Was elected governor for the fourth time, but he died before he could take office.
a) Herman Talmadge
b) Eugene Talmadge
c) Ellis Arnall
d) Melvin Thompson
What period did Herman Talmadge serve as Georgia’s governor?
a) 1938 – 1958
b) 1938 – 1958
c) 1948 – 1955
d) 1958 - 1965
The white primary system helped white supremacist control Georgia’s politics because
a) It only allowed whites to vote in statewide primary elections.
b) It only allowed blacks to vote in statewide primary elections.
c) It only allowed whites to vote in statewide secondary elections.
d) It only allowed blacks to vote in statewide secondary elections.
In 1954, who sued the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas because the schools were segregated
a) Thurgood Marshall
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Benjamin Mays
d) Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King believed that African Americans would win their rights quicker if they
a) Turned and looked the other way
b) Refused to engage in violence
c) Joined hands with one another and sang songs
d) Learned to get along with one another
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