8th 2/13 Quick Check

Which Supreme Court case ruled that "separate but legal" in education was NOT actually equal and was unconstitutional?

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Gideon v. Wainiwright (1964)

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

True or False: Many Georgians agreed with the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

• True

• False

What did 3 Georgia governors say they would do before integrating schools and letting black children attend all-white schools?

• close high schools & colleges

• the governors wanted to integrate

• close ALL public schools

• build new schools

Which of these played the BIGGEST role in the redesign of the state flag in 1956?

• the centennial commemoration of the start of the Civil War

• opposition to President FDR's "New DEal" programs

• the ruling in the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson

• the ruling in the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education

What group was established in Georgia in 1960 to gather state residents' sentiments regarding desegregation and report back to the governor?

• the Sibley Commission

• the Congress of Racial Equality

• the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

• the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

The Sibley Commission recommended that each local school district should do what?

• decide for itself what it wanted to do

• do what the U.S. government ordered them to do

• immediately integrate ALL public schools

• keep schools segregated or separate

Match the following

• John Lewis

• influenced by MLK, participated in the Civil Rights Movement & was a representative for GA in Congress

• boycott

• refusing to buy, sell, or use something

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe

• civil rights group that marched and protested throughout the South; MLK was the first president

• Student Christian Leadership Conference

• formed by high school & college students, often worked with the SCLC, used nonviolent methods

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• national leader for civil rights in the U.S. & involved with the SCLC

Which of the following practices was promoted the MOST by Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement?

• nonviolent protest

• written petitions

• violent resistance

• destructive civil disobedience

This photograph is from the Albany Movement (1961-1962).

In what way does it represent the philosophy of its founders, the SNCC & NAACP?

• It was focused only on major cities

• It is a form of nonviolent social protest

• It was focused only on major cities in Georgia

• It believed that only women needed to participate

Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at what event, that also saw white and blacks come together to demand equal rights for African Americans?

• at the Montgomery Bus Boycott

• at the Baptist Church in Montgomery

• at the March on Washington

• during the Albany Movement