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Civil Rights Movement Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Civil Rights Movement? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was inspired partly by a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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The 1960 Greensboro sit-ins sparked a wave of nonviolent protests that pressured Congress to pass the landmark Civil Rights Act.

2.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act was signed into law just five months after the 'Bloody Sunday' march in Selma.

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The violent attack on marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, galvanized national support, leading to the Act’s passage by August.

3.

Rosa Parks was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery.

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Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old, did the same nine months earlier, but leaders chose Parks for her more 'respectable' image.

4.

The 'Freedom Rides' were designed to test the enforcement of a Supreme Court ruling on bus segregation.

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They actually tested two: the 1960 Boynton v. Virginia ruling outlawing segregation in bus terminals, plus earlier interstate travel laws.

5.

Martin Luther King Jr. was the sole leader of the Civil Rights Movement from start to finish.

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Many leaders, like Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and Fannie Lou Hamer, were crucial. King was a key figure but not the singular head.

6.

The Civil Rights Movement included a successful armed self-defense group called the Deacons for Defense and Justice.

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Formed in 1964 in Louisiana, they protected activists and homes from Klan violence, challenging the nonviolent-only narrative.

7.

The 1963 March on Washington was originally planned as a protest against police brutality.

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Organizers initially called it the 'March for Jobs and Freedom' to address economic injustice and police violence, not just the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.

8.

The 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered from a teleprompter script that King had used many times before.

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King improvised the 'I Have a Dream' refrain after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson urged him to 'tell them about the dream,' deviating from his notes.

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