Civil Rights Movement Quiz

The American Civil Rights Movement was a decades-long struggle by African Americans to end racial discrimination and achieve equal rights under the law. The movement reached its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, employing nonviolent protest strategies inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. Key milestones include the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956), the March on Washington (1963), and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Leaders and Landmarks

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became the movement's most iconic figure, delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington in August 1963. Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in December 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Medgar Evers, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Thurgood Marshall were among many other crucial leaders. The landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, providing a legal foundation for the movement.

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