New Civil Rights Issues

After Malcolm X broke with the _____ of Islam, he continued to criticize the organization and was eventually killed by some of its members

• Nation

• Mosque

• Religion

• Temple

Despite the passage of several civil rights laws in the 1950's and 1960's, _______ - prejudice or discrimination toward people because of their race- was still common in American society

• racism

• equality

• free speech

• poverty

After his pilgrimage to Makkah _____ concluded that an integrated society was possible

• Fred Shuttlesworth

• Dr. King

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

The "X" in Malcolm X's name stood as a symbol for the family name of his ______ ancestors who had been enslaved

• European

• African

• Jamaican

• American

In the 1950s and 1960s,______ trapped many African Americans in inner cities.

• poverty

• equality

• suffrage

• free will

The Kerner Commission blamed the problems of inner cities on

• overpopulation

• poverty

• racism

• violence

The Chicago Movement was an attempt to call attention to the

• deplorable housing conditions many African American families faced

• efforts being made to improve African American neighborhoods

• Kerner Commission's recommendation to create two million inner-city jobs

• riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968

When Supreme Court ordered school districts to end school segregation "with all deliberate speed," the wording was vague enough that many districts were able to

• appeal the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

• keep their schools segregated for many more years

• plan a protest march outside the Supreme Court building

• use the "Southern Manifesto" to defy the Supreme Court

What group called for an end to racial oppression and for control for major institutions in the African American community?

• Black Muslims

• Black Panthers

• CORE

• SNCC