American Cultures

Brown v. the Board of Education1. In what year did the famous Brown

v. the Board of Education lawsuit begin?

2. In what case previous to this was it ruled that it was OK for black and white students to be “separate but equal”? When was this case ruled?

3. When did the case finally end? What was the decision and what was the vote tally of the Supreme Court judges?

Rosa Parks4. What did blacks have to be able

to do to register to vote? 5. How long did the Montgomery

Bus Boycott last? 6. When did the US Supreme Court

rule that bus segregation was unconstitutional?

7. Where is Rosa Parks burried? Use Internet

Medgar Evers8. Why was Evers assassinated? 9. Who was his killer? 10. How long did it take to convict

his killer? Why? 11. When was the killer finally

convicted?

Malcolm X12. Of what was Malcolm’s father

the president? 13. What did Malcolm learn about

in prison? 14. When was he assassinated?

By whom?

President John F. Kenendy15. How many blacks did Kennedy

appoint to various positions during his presidency?

16. What did Kennedy promise in his inaugural address?

17. What major piece of legislature did Kennedy try to enact?

Miscellaneous 18. What were the “freedom

rides”? 19. Who were the “Little Rock

Nine”? 20. Go to the Games part of this

site and play the Free at Last quiz game – What was your score?

21. What was the most important song of the civil right movement?

22. By whom was it written? 23. What is the most famous song

of the movement? 24. What is being said in the above

song? 25. What song did Bob Dylan sing in

1963 for the March on Washington?

26. Why was Emmet Till murdered? 27. What happened to his killers? 28. For what is James Meredith

famous? 29. What was “Project C?” 30. What was the purpose of the 1963

March on Washington? 31. What happened on September 15,

1965 in Birmingham, AL? 32. How did the FBI respond to the

above?