Racial Segregation and Civil Rights Movements in 20th Century America Quiz

Test your knowledge on key events, figures, and legislation of the Civil Rights Movement in America from landmark Supreme Court cases to iconic leaders.

#1

Who was the prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
#2

Which organization, founded in 1909, played a significant role in advocating for civil rights and combating racial segregation throughout the 20th century?

NAACP
CORE
SNCC
SCLC
#3

Which city in Alabama became a focal point for civil rights activities, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's early actions?

Birmingham
Selma
Montgomery
Tuskegee
#4

Who was the African American educator and leader who advocated for vocational and industrial training for African Americans and founded the Tuskegee Institute in 1881?

W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Ida B. Wells
#5

Who was the African American athlete who broke the color barrier in professional baseball by joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?

Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Wilma Rudolph
#6

Which landmark Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional?

Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gideon v. Wainwright
#7

In what year did the Civil Rights Act become law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?

1964
1954
1968
1972
#8

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?

Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
John Lewis
Constance Baker Motley
#9

In what year did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act into law, aiming to overcome legal barriers preventing African Americans from exercising their right to vote?

1965
1968
1972
1954
#10

Which civil rights leader and labor organizer co-founded the United Farm Workers of America, advocating for the rights of migrant farmworkers, and was known for organizing the Delano grape strike?

Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Philip Vera Cruz
Larry Itliong
#11

Who was the leader of the Nation of Islam and a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement before his assassination in 1965?

Elijah Muhammad
Louis Farrakhan
Malcolm X
Huey Newton
#12

Who was a key figure in the formation of the Black Panthers, an organization advocating for the rights of African Americans through militant means?

Malcolm X
Huey Newton
Angela Davis
Stokely Carmichael
#13

Which event in 1965 marked a turning point in the struggle for voting rights for African Americans, as peaceful demonstrators were brutally attacked by law enforcement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

Selma to Montgomery March
Watts Riots
March on Washington
Freedom Summer
#14

Who coined the term 'Black Power' and became a symbol of the more militant and confrontational aspects of the Civil Rights Movement?

Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Huey Newton
#15

What event, sparked by the acquittal of four police officers in the beating of Rodney King, led to widespread riots and civil unrest in Los Angeles in 1992?

Watts Riots
Harlem Riots
LA Uprising
Stonewall Riots
#16

Which African American athlete, known for his activism and protest during the 1968 Summer Olympics, raised his fist on the podium during the national anthem?

Muhammad Ali
Jim Brown
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
#17

What organization, founded in 1966, aimed to address systemic issues of police brutality and racial injustice and played a significant role in the Black Power movement?

SCLC
CORE
SNCC
Black Panther Party

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