Civil Rights Leaders Quiz
Instructions: How well do you remember the brave leaders of the civil rights movement?
- 1.
Who delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?
AMalcolm XBMedgar EversCJohn LewisDMartin Luther King Jr. - 2.
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
ACoretta Scott KingBDorothy HeightCFannie Lou HamerDRosa Parks - 3.
Which civil rights leader founded the Nation of Islam's influence and later embraced Sunni Islam?
ALouis FarrakhanBMalcolm XCElijah MuhammadDStokely Carmichael - 4.
Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
AThurgood MarshallBCharles Hamilton HoustonCClarence ThomasDRobert Carter - 5.
Who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later became a U.S. Congressman?
ABob MosesBAndrew YoungCJohn LewisDJulian Bond - 6.
Which leader organized the 1963 March on Washington?
ABayard RustinBWhitney YoungCA. Philip RandolphDRoy Wilkins - 7.
Who was the NAACP field secretary murdered in Mississippi in 1963?
AJames ChaneyBMedgar EversCVernon DahmerDEmmett Till - 8.
Which woman testified about voter registration abuse, saying 'I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired'?
AElla BakerBFannie Lou HamerCDiane NashDSeptima Clark - 9.
Who led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. King?
AJesse JacksonBFred ShuttlesworthCHosea WilliamsDRalph Abernathy - 10.
Which activist helped desegregate interstate bus travel through the Freedom Rides?
AJames FarmerBFloyd McKissickCStokely CarmichaelDRoy Innis - 11.
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
AShirley ChisholmBBarbara JordanCMaxine WatersDCarol Moseley Braun - 12.
Which leader coined the phrase 'Black Power' during the Meredith March?
AStokely CarmichaelBBobby SealeCH. Rap BrownDHuey Newton - 13.
Who was the longtime head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955?
AWalter WhiteBRoy WilkinsCJames Weldon JohnsonDW.E.B. Du Bois - 14.
Which civil rights leader helped found the National Council of Negro Women?
AMary McLeod BethuneBIda B. WellsCDorothy HeightDElla Baker - 15.
Who was the nine-year-old girl famously escorted by federal marshals to an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960?
AClaudette ColvinBLinda BrownCRuby BridgesDElizabeth Eckford
Answer Key
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Malcolm X was a prominent minister in the Nation of Islam before his pilgrimage to Mecca led him to embrace orthodox Sunni Islam.
Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, serving until 1991.
John Lewis was a founding member and chairman of SNCC and later served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia for over 30 years.
Bayard Rustin was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, though A. Philip Randolph was the official director of the march.
Medgar Evers, the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi, was assassinated in his driveway on June 12, 1963.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a voting rights activist from Mississippi who became famous for her powerful testimony and determination.
Ralph Abernathy was Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest friend and fellow leader of the SCLC, succeeding King as president after his assassination.
James Farmer, co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), organized the 1961 Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in interstate transportation.
Shirley Chisholm was elected to Congress in 1968 representing New York, and in 1972 she became the first Black candidate to seek a major party's presidential nomination.
Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture) popularized the phrase 'Black Power' during the 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi.
Walter White served as executive secretary of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, leading the organization during crucial years of the civil rights struggle.
Mary McLeod Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 and was a close advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ruby Bridges was six years old (not nine) when she became the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.