Civil Rights Movement and its Influence on Literature Quiz

Test your knowledge on pivotal figures and works of Civil Rights literature. Who wrote what and who led the movement? Find out now!

#1

Who is often considered the 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement'?

Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Coretta Scott King
Fannie Lou Hamer
#2

Which novel by Harper Lee is set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement?

The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
Beloved
Invisible Man
#3

Which event prompted the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

The arrest of Rosa Parks
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Brown v. Board of Education decision
The March on Washington
#4

Who wrote the play 'A Raisin in the Sun'?

Lorraine Hansberry
August Wilson
Tennessee Williams
Arthur Miller
#5

Who organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
John Lewis
#6

Which novel by Alice Walker explores themes of race, gender, and family in the South?

Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Color Purple
Sula
The Bluest Eye
#7

Who authored the autobiography 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'?

Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Malcolm X
James Baldwin
#8

Which poem by Langston Hughes became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement?

The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Dreams
Mother to Son
I, Too
#9

What was the name of the civil rights activist who wrote 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'?

Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
Ralph Abernathy
#10

Which novel by James Baldwin explores themes of race, sexuality, and identity?

The Fire Next Time
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Native Son
Invisible Man
#11

Who coined the phrase 'Black is Beautiful'?

Malcolm X
James Baldwin
Stokely Carmichael
Marcus Garvey
#12

Which civil rights activist wrote the memoir 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'?

Fannie Lou Hamer
Ella Baker
Angela Davis
Anne Moody
#13

Who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

Ralph Ellison
Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
#14

Who is the author of the book 'The Souls of Black Folk'?

W. E. B. Du Bois
Zora Neale Hurston
Richard Wright
Booker T. Washington
#15

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Toni Morrison
Langston Hughes
Ralph Ellison
Wole Soyinka
#16

Who wrote the novel 'Go Tell It on the Mountain'?

Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
#17

Who wrote the novel 'If Beale Street Could Talk'?

Alice Walker
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston

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