Which U.S. commission linked urban unrest to racial inequality in its 1968 report?
Answer
Kerner Commission
98 The Civil Rights Movement Trivia Questions with Answers
98 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What was the name of the 1963 Birmingham jail protest led by Black schoolchildren and teenagers?
Answer
Children’s Crusade
Which civil rights group organized the 1964 Freedom Summer voter-registration campaign in Mississippi?
Answer
Council of Federated Organizations
Who popularized the phrase “Black Power” during a 1966 voting-rights march in Mississippi?
Answer
Stokely Carmichael
What was the name of the 1968 labor protest by Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee?
Answer
Memphis sanitation strike
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law?
Answer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which 1965 uprising in Los Angeles began after a traffic stop involving Marquette Frye?
Answer
Watts uprising
Which 1964 political group challenged Mississippi’s all-white Democratic delegation at the national convention?
Answer
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
What was the name of the 1968 campaign organized by Martin Luther King Jr. to demand economic justice?
Answer
Poor People’s Campaign
Which 1967 Supreme Court case struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States?
Answer
Loving v. Virginia
What was the name of the church destroyed in the 1963 Birmingham bombing that killed four girls?
Answer
16th Street Baptist Church
Which organization did Martin Luther King Jr. lead during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott?
Answer
Montgomery Improvement Association
Who served as chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Answer
Bayard Rustin
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished poll taxes in federal elections in 1964?
Answer
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Which 1963 event saw more than 200,000 people gather in Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom?
Answer
March on Washington
What was the name of the 1961 voter-registration project that challenged racial barriers in Albany, Georgia?
Answer
The Albany Movement
Which civil rights leader won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his nonviolent campaign against racial segregation?
Answer
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962?
Answer
James Meredith
Which U.S. president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine at Central High School in 1957?
Answer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which 1960 U.S. Supreme Court case struck down racial segregation in interstate bus and train terminals?
Answer
Boynton v. Virginia
What is the usual title of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 open letter written in Birmingham Jail?
Answer
Letter from Birmingham Jail
What was the name of the 1964 campaign to register Black voters in Mississippi?
Answer
Freedom Summer
Which civil rights leader became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice?
Answer
Thurgood Marshall
On what date did the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
Answer
August 28, 1963
On what date was Emmett Till abducted from his great-uncle’s home in Mississippi?
Answer
August 28, 1955
Which organization sponsored the 1961 Freedom Rides challenging segregation on interstate buses?
Answer
Congress of Racial Equality
Which U.S. law signed in 1964 outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment?
Answer
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous 1963 speech in Washington, D.C.?
Answer
I Have a Dream
Which 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Answer
Brown v. Board of Education