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Civil Rights Final / Quiz Bowl
Civil Rights Leaders and Movements etc.
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
12/10/2009

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Ella Baker
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She assembled protestors at Shaw University to form the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
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Marion Berry
Definition
This former Washington, DC mayor was the first president of SNCC.
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Jim Crow Laws
Definition
The set of laws that called for racial segregation were referred to as...
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Vernon Johns
Definition
He preceded Dr. Martin Luther "The King" as pastor of Dexter Baptist Church.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
Definition
Martin Luther King Sr. was the pastor of this church.
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Marcus Garvey
Definition
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
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Ralph Abernathy
Definition
This close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a book and chronicled King's extra-marital affairs.
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WEB Dubois
Definition
He was an outspoken critic of Booker T. Washington's "accommodationist" stance.
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WEB Dubois
Definition
He Wrote "The Souls of Black Folks"
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Legal Defense Fund
Definition
The NAACP established this to bring forth cases to challenge segregation.
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Walter White
Definition
He entered the south posing as a white man a collecting information concerning the crimes committed against black southerners.
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Plessy v Ferguson
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The Supreme Court decision in ______ __ ______ codified "separate but equal."
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Birth of a Nation
Definition
This film depicted the Ku Klux Klan as saviors.
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Mammy
Definition
She is depicted as the loyal, overweight, dark complexion servant to the white family.
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Sambo
Definition
He is depicted as the docile, lazy and shiftless black male.
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Brauder v Gayle
Definition
The Supreme Court decision in _______ __ ______ overturned Plessy v Ferguson.
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5
Definition
The Brown vs. Board of Education case was intially made up of ___ cases.
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Bowling vs. Sharp
Definition
What is the name of the case that was eventually decided apart from Brown?
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graduate & professional
Definition
Before attacking segregation in primary and secondary schools the NAACP won numerous cases related to _______ & ________ schools.
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whiteness
Definition
In Plessy, his attorney argued that he was being deprived of his __________.
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Charles Hamilton Houston
Definition
He was the Dean of Howard University Law School during Thurgood Marshall's tenure.
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Kenneth Clark
Definition
His doll test was used to examine the psychological effect that segregation had on children.
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Huey P Newton & Bobby Seal
Definition
They were the founders of the Black Panther Party
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Elaine Brown
Definition
She temporarily took over leadership of the Black Panther Party while Huey P. Newton was in exile in Cuba
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Booker T Washington
Definition
His 1895 speech in Atlanta propelled him into the role of spokesperson for the black race.
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Claudette Colvin
Definition
This 15-year-old girl was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
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Rosa Parks
Definition
She is referred to as the "mother" of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Tommy Smith & John Carlos
Definition
In 1968, these two Olympic athletes made a statement when they raised their fist on the podium to show support for the movement.
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E.D. Nixon
Definition
He encouraged Rosa Parks to file suit after being ejected from a Montgomery, Alabama bus.
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SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Definition
In 1957, a group of ministers met at Ebenezer Baptist Church and formed this organization.
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Michael King
Definition
Martin Luther King's birth name was ________.
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Moorehouse
Definition
Martin Luther King Jr. attended this all-male college in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Bayard Rustin
Definition
He remained a behind the scenes organizer because of his sexual orientation.
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Reverend Jameson
Definition
He led the bus boycott in Baton Rouge.
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Stokely Carmichael
Definition
His leadership would take SNCC in a more miltant direction.
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1964 (Freedom Summer)
Definition
In the summer of ______ college students converged on Mississippi to register black voters.
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Urban League
Definition
This was established in 1910 to assist blacks migrating from the south to northern urban cities.
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A. Philip Randolph
Definition
He helped form the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
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Negro World
Definition
The Universal Negro Improvement Association's (UNIA) newspaper was called the _____ _____.
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WEB Dubois
Definition
He concluded that the "problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line."
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Ida B. Wells
Definition
She was an outspoken advocate for federal anti-lynching laws.
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CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
Definition
This northern organization was established in 1943 to challenge segregation in public accommodations in the northern and border states.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Definition
On February 1, 1960, four students from _____ _____ ______ __ ________ ________ defied segregation laws.
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Deacons of Defense
Definition
They formed in 1964 to protect Civil Rights Workers in Louisiana.
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Robert F. Williams
Definition
This black man who was president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP fled the United States and lived in both Cuba and China.
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Barbara Johns
Definition
She led a student strike against the school board in Farmville, Virginia.
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Oliver Hill
Definition
Students from Farmville contacted ______ _____ to inform him of the impending strike.
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Esther Brown
Definition
This white Kansas housewife confronted the school board about the poor conditions of the black schools.
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Joanne Robinson
Definition
She was the head of the Woman's Political Council
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WPC (Women's Political Council)
Definition
They abandoned Claudette Colvin once she became pregnant.
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Ella Baker
Definition
When discussing the lunch counter sit-ins she said "it's bigger than a hamburger."
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Shirley Chism
Definition
In 1972, she was the first black woman to seek the presidential nomination from a major political party.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Definition
Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated.
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Lyndon Johnson

 

LBJ

Definition
Which president signed into law the Voting Rights Act?
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Daisy Bates
Definition
She was the NAACP advisor to the Little Rock Nine.
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El Hajj Malik El-Shabbaz
Definition
Malcom X changed his name to ___ _____ _____ _________.
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COINTELPRO
Definition
The FBI program established to investigate black "radicals" such as the Black Panthers was known as _____________.
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Journey of Reconciliation
Definition
These bus trips between Washington, DC and Kentucky were designed to test segregation on interstate buses.
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I Have a Dream
Definition
On August 28, 1963 King gave this speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Definition
This organization was established to challenge the Mississippi all-white Democratic primary.
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James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner
Definition
Klansmen in Philadelphia, Mississippi murdered these three civil rights workers.
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Medgar Evers
Definition
This president of the Jackson, Mississippi chapter of the NAACP was murdered on June 12, 1963
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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Definition
On September 15, 1963 four little girls died when this Birmingham, Alabama church was bombed.
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Emmett Till
Definition
He was the 14 year old killed in Money Mississippi.
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Viola Liuzzo
Definition
While transporting marchers to Alabama she was killed by Klan members.
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Congress of Racial Equality
Definition
CORE stands for...
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Niagra Movement
Definition
Prior to participating in the founding of the NAACP, Du Bois established the _____ ______.
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1909
Definition
What year was the NAACP established?
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13th
Definition
This amendment ended slavery in the US.
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14th
Definition
This amendment extended citizenship to African Americans.
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Dred Scott
Definition
The 14th amendment was meant to address what court decision?
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15th
Definition
This amendment extended the franchise to black men.
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Nation of Islam
Definition
Malcom X was a member of.....
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Hatty McDaniels
Definition
She was the first black woman to receive an Oscar for her performance in "Gone With the Wind."
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False, Booker T Washington
Definition
True or False, WEB Du Bois urged black southerners to "cast their buckets down."
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Marcus Garvey
Definition
He called for Black Americans to return to Africa.
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Jackie Robinson
Definition
He was the first African American to break into major league baseball.
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Industrial
Definition
Tuskegee Institute was considered what sort of college?
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Jamaica
Definition
Where was Marcus Garvey born?
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Madame CJ Walker
Definition
She became a millionaire by selling her own line of hair care products.
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