Civil Rights Movement quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which international honor was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded in 1964?

   Answer: Nobel Peace Prize

   Why: At age 35, King became the youngest person ever to receive the peace prize up to that time.

2. 2 Medium

   What federal ban did civil rights activists test during the 1961 Freedom Rides?

   Answer: Interstate transit segregation

   Why: The Supreme Court had outlawed segregation in interstate bus terminals in 1960, but Southern states routinely ignored the federal ruling.

3. 3 Hard

   Which coalition ran SNCC, CORE and NAACP voter registration in Mississippi?

   Answer: Council of Federated Organizations

   Why: COFO started in 1961 to support jailed Freedom Riders, three years before Freedom Summer, with NAACP's Aaron Henry as president.

4. 4 Easy

   Which retail chain lunch counter sparked the 1960 student sit-in movement in Greensboro?

   Answer: Woolworth's

   Why: Four Black college freshmen started the protest, and within two months sit-ins spread to 55 cities.

5. 5 Medium

   Who staged the 1963 Stand in the Schoolhouse Door to halt university desegregation?

   Answer: George Wallace

   Why: He stepped aside only after President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard to enforce court-ordered integration.

6. 6 Hard

   In which Mississippi county were three Freedom Summer civil rights workers murdered in 1964?

   Answer: Neshoba County

   Why: The FBI's massive investigation, codenamed MIBURN, uncovered deep complicity between local law enforcement and the Klan.