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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Day in Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 9 per cent.
(b) 10 per cent.
(c) 4 per cent.
(d) 13 per cent.

2. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Compliance.

3. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) Gerald Ford.

4. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?
(a) Tokenism.
(b) Integration.
(c) Somebodiness.
(d) Outside leaders.

5. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?
(a) Not going to work.
(b) Jailing an innocent man or woman.
(c) Sleeping on the job.
(d) Abusing a Negro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?

2. What was the next stage of the "crusade" that began on April 6th?

3. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?

4. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

5. Who "ruled" Birmingham with terror and racist rule?

(see the answer key)

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