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Black History Bowl Questions 127-135
Question | Answer |
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In 1965, what Alabama city was the starting point for a historic five-day march to the state capital, ending in violence and prompting passage of the Voting Rights Act? | Selma |
Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, she became at age 6 the 1st African-American to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. | Ruby Bridges |
What is a form of protest where people peacefully occupy an area and refuse to leave? | Sit-ins |
What landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional? | Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka 1954 |
What were two measures designed to deter Black voters from voting? | Literacy tests and poll tax |
What are the Greensboro Four known for? | Starting the Sit-ins movement on February 1, 1960. |
Who was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to give up her bus seat? | Rosa Parks |
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law? | Lyndon B. Johnson |
As vice-chair of Mississippi Freedom Party, she challenged the state's all-white and anti-civil rights delegation to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Name her. | Fannie Lou Hamer |