Organizing to Demand Rights

Question 1

The main purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to

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gain full equality for African Americans.

Question 2

Which leader joined the Nation of Islam while in jail and then brought many African Americans into the movement?

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Malcolm X

Question 3

Which best describes one of the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?

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organizing the March on Washington

Question 4

The actions of four African American college students at a lunch counter in 1960 started a

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sit-in movement.

Question 5

The Montgomery Bus Boycott proved that

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change could be achieved through peaceful means.

Question 6

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was based on the principle of

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nonviolent resistance.

Question 7

An African American organization founded in Detroit in 1930 was

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the Nation of Islam.

Question 8

Although the many advocacy groups of the 1960s led different types of protests, most

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used nonviolent resistance effectively.

Question 9

A group that oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and produced important civil rights leaders was

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the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Question 10

A group that was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and trained volunteers in nonviolent resistance was

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the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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