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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Birth of the SCLC, 1957-1959.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What SCLC program was to reach out more readily to the public?
(a) Hands across America.
(b) Crusade for Sponsors.
(c) Future Program.
(d) POV.

2. In February 1959, King and his wife traveled to see sites made famous by whom?
(a) King Tut.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Ghandi.
(d) Genghis Khan.

3. Who was asked to vacate her seat on a city bus for a white passenger?
(a) Fannie Lou Hamer.
(b) Abigail Jenson.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Betty Shabazz.

4. Who was chosen as the organizational president?
(a) Ralph D. Abernathy.
(b) E.D. Nixon.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Jo Ann Robinson.

5. Who went with King to meet with Nixon?
(a) Wilkins.
(b) Grant.
(c) Abernathy.
(d) Rustin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine did King's picture appear on in 1957?

2. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?

3. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

4. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?

5. Who was the most important person in King's life as a child?

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