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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 11- Part 3: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the first African American to challenge interstate travel bans?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) T. McCants Stewart.
(c) Emmett Till.
(d) Stokely Carmichael.

2. What city was the home to the beginning of the movement exemplified by eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians when it began February 1, 1960?
(a) Greensboro.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Charleston.

3. Dr. King wanted to make sure that advocates of Black Consciousness did not associate racial pride with what?
(a) Racial neglect.
(b) Racial discrimination.
(c) Racial isolationism.
(d) Racial stereotypes.

4. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?
(a) Testing the system.
(b) Sit-ins.
(c) Refusal to move.
(d) Call to removal of ignorance.

5. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?
(a) December 1, 1955.
(b) March 17, 1957.
(c) May 17, 1954.
(d) April 1, 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Dr. King say he learned about nonviolent resistance?

2. What two cities had riots erupt on July 18, 1964?

3. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?

4. When was the first march supporting racial desegregation held in Washington, D.C.?

5. On what date was interstate traveling first challenged by an African American?

(see the answer key)

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