Students in the Civil Rights Movement

Which Supreme Court decision promoted the idea of "separate but equal"?

• Sweatt v. Painter

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State

Which organization played a key role in the legal desegregation of colleges and universities?

• National Urban League

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)

Following the CRM, and as a result of the Black Power Movement, what curriculum change did many Black students request in higher education institutions?

• The creation of Black Studies Programs

• Classes that focused on the CRM

• Additional history classes

• More classes centered on art and music

Which institution founded the first Black Studies Department in the United States?

• The University of Southern California

• The University of Tennessee

• San Francisco State College

• Howard University

What HBCU did Rosa Parks attend?

• Knoxville College

• Alabama State

• Tougaloo College

• Alcorn State

What HBCU did MLK attend?

• Morehouse

• Howard University

• Alcorn State

• Claflin University

Boycotts and marches led by students at what university ended segregation in Nashville?

• Shaw University

• Claflin University

• Knoxville University

• Fisk

Where was the first SNCC meeting held?

• Taugaloo College

• Shaw University

• Alcorn State

• South Carolina State University

How many HBCUs are there in the United States?

• 67

• 107

• 21

• 345

When and where was the first HBCU founded?

• Cheyney, PA in 1837

• Atlanta, GA in 1841

• Greensboro, NC in 1915

• Orangeburg, SC in 1960