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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. When the city of Birmingham lost a case and had to open public-recreation to all its citizens, what did the authorities do?
(a) Closed down the parks.
(b) Appealed to the courts.
(c) Rioted in the streets.
(d) Still left signs up that said, "no colored allowed."

2. Nonviolent "soldiers" burnished their greatest weapons which consisted of their heart, their conscience, their courage and what other thing?
(a) Their devotion to family.
(b) Their sense of justice.
(c) Their desire to be a whole nation.
(d) Their boldness.

3. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Mel Torme.
(b) Al Hibbler.
(c) Lemon Jefferson.
(d) Willie Johnson.

4. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Talk back to a white man.
(b) Stand up for injustice.
(c) Take their children on a march.
(d) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.

5. Who offered up their apartment for the revolution/campaign leaders to meet in in New York City?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Harry Wagner.
(c) Harry Belafonte.
(d) Wyatt Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?

2. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?

3. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

4. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

5. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?

(see the answer key)

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