Modern Civil Rights Movement Assignment

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These questions are based on the early modern civil rights movement (1954-1960). Each question is worth 1 point. The assignment is worth a total of 10 points.

 

1a. This court case is credited with starting the modern Civil Rights Movement:

 

 

1b.  Who was the lead (and most prominent) plaintiff in this case?

 

 

2a. This young man was murdered in Money, Mississippi in the summer of 1955:

 

 

2b. Where was he from originally?

 

 

3a. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was proposed and organized by this group:

 

 

3b. The public face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was MLK, Jr. as a leader of what organization?

 

 

4a. This civil rights organization was founded in 1957 and was largely composed of religious leaders:

 

 

4b. Who was another founder? 

 

 

5a. The school was the site for early efforts at desegregation:

 

 

5b. What was the “Lost Year”?

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