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In 1963 over 250,000 civil rights protesters marched in Washington.

Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA 3

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The Ku Klux Klan were synonymous with racial unrest and civil rights in the USA. The USA is known as the 'land of the free', yet black Americans had to campaign long and hard in history for equal civil rights.

Test your knowledge with our third quiz on Racial Unrest and Civil Rights in the USA.

1 .

In April 1963 race protests occurred where in Alabama?

Birmingham

Florence

Montgomery

Troy

The city had closed public facilities to avoid having to desegregate

2 .

What type of people set up the civil rights group SNCC?

Lawyers

Nurses

Shopkeepers

Students

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

3 .

The SNCC mainly used what type of protest?

Hunger strikes

Raising petitions

Riots

Sit-ins

4 .

Who became chairman of SNCC in 1966?

Charles Brown

Huey Newton

James Meredith

Stokely Carmichael

5 .

Which civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968?

James Farmer

Marcus Garvey

Martin Luther King

Thurgood Marshall

He used non-violent tactics

6 .

Which white racist is thought to have killed Martin Luther King?

Jack Ruby

James Earl Ray

Lee Harvey Oswald

Mark Chapman

King's birthday is a national holiday in the USA

7 .

Where was Martin Luther King assassinated?

Columbia, South Carolina

Dallas, Texas

Jefferson City, Missouri

Memphis, Tennessee

8 .

In 1963 over 250,000 civil rights protesters marched in which city?

Boston

Detroit

New Orleans

Washington

Interestingly, about 50,000 of them were white

9 .

In a 1963 speech, Martin Luther King famously said .......

I got a feeling

I have a dream

The future is ours

The long road to freedom

The speech inspired millions of Americans

10 .

The Watts area of which city saw major riots in 1965?

Houston

Los Angeles

New York

Seattle

Author: Jan Crompton

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