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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. Which organization was formed to oversee the boycott and legal maneuvering?
(a) Montgomery Improvement Association.
(b) Memphis Equality Association.
(c) Atlanta Race Initiative.
(d) Savannah Civil Rights Campaign.

2. Who took King's place as the president of MIA?
(a) Levison.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Baker.
(d) Abernathy.

3. The first federal Civil Rights Act did what?
(a) Ended all segregation.
(b) Established a Civil Rights commission.
(c) Dismissed all protest charges.
(d) Ended bus segregation only.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state was the governor fighting integration of a high school?

2. What fine did King receive in the state boycott trial?

3. Who was discovered to have been sent to Montgomery by a New York organization?

4. Segregation on the city buses officially ended when?

5. What happened to King at a book signing in New York?

(see the answer key)

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