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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?
(a) Dr. King's home.
(b) Montgomery Bus Headquarters.
(c) Hattie Cotton Elementary School.
(d) The conference site for the MIA.

2. During what years did participation by African American churches in American public life surge?
(a) 1960-1970.
(b) 1940-1950.
(c) 1930-1940.
(d) 1950-1960.

3. Less than a week after the Youth March for Integrated Schools, a black youth was lynched. What was the name of this black youth?
(a) Marcus Garvey.
(b) Mack Parker.
(c) Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
(d) Ernest Green.

4. When did the Montgomery Bus boycott begin?
(a) December 1, 1965.
(b) October 1, 1965.
(c) October 1, 1955.
(d) December 5, 1955.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious journal contained a summary of Dr. King's book Stride Toward Freedom?

2. What county, on June 26, 1959, closed its entire school system rather than allow integration?

3. When was the historic Brown vs. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education Supreme Court decision handed down?

4. How many students were expelled on March 2, 1960, by the Alabama Board of Education?

5. What two organizations denounced violent actions relating to desegregation acts?

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