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Grade 6 Civil Rights
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"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

How did Martin Luther King, Jr. support the realization of his quote?
  1. He helped integrate American schools by voting for laws as a congressman.
  2. He led protests to end gender discrimination in the workforce.
  3. He helped the United States inspire troops during the Vietnam War.
  4. He led the protest movement that resulted in laws giving African Americans equal rights.
Grade 6 Civil Rights
The term "Red Summer" to refer to the unrest was coined by which civil rights leader?
  1. Eugene Debs
  2. W.E.B. Du Bois
  3. Booker T. Washington
  4. James Weldon Johnson
Grade 6 Civil Rights
In 1894, W.E.B. Du Bois became a teacher at which school?
  1. Fisk
  2. Harvard
  3. Tuskegee
  4. Wilberforce
Grade 6 Civil Rights
In 1900, who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
  1. Booker T. Washington
  2. W.E.B duBois
  3. Edward Bellamy
Grade 6 Civil Rights
Rosa Parks was considered:
  1. the "Mother of the Apartheid."
  2. the "Mother of the Martin Luther King."
  3. the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."
Grade 6 Civil Rights
What was the "prize" won by Martin Luther King Jr.?
  1. The Peace Award
  2. The Nobel Peace Prize
  3. The Prize of the Nobility
Grade 6 Civil Rights
What was Dr. King's most famous speech called?
  1. I Have a Bus Boycott
  2. I Have a Sit In
  3. I Have a Dream
Grade 6 Civil Rights
Mark 4 things that the women suffragists worked for.
  1. Equal pay for equal work.
  2. Women's right to vote in all elections.
  3. The right to bear arms.
  4. Equal rights in a marriage.
  5. Women's right to fight equally in wars.
  6. The right to a better education.
Grade 6 Civil Rights
What was the name of the organization Woodson developed in 1915?
  1. American History for Negroes
  2. Woodson Organization
  3. Black American History Club
  4. Study of Negro Life and History
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