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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8- Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the man whose daughter was the focus behind the Brown vs. Board (1954) court case?
(a) Reverend Oliver Brown.
(b) Stuart O. Brown.
(c) Charles M. Brown.
(d) Dr. Kenneth K. Brown.

2. What two organizations invited Dr. King to speak at the University of California at Berkeley on June 4, 1957?
(a) YMCA and YWCA.
(b) NAACP.
(c) MIA.
(d) NUL.

3. Who was the first black student to graduate from the high school in Arkansas on May 27, 1958?
(a) Ernest Green.
(b) Stokeley Carmichael.
(c) Charles K. Steele.
(d) Fred Shuttlesworth.

4. Who was the first president of the Montgomery Improvement Association?
(a) Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Melba Patillo Beals.
(d) Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. When did Dr. King write the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?
(a) June 24, 1957.
(b) October 3, 1959.
(c) April 16, 1963.
(d) May 28, 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King reached out to his extensive religious contacts, including the National Baptist Convention, to organize what conference?

2. What month did Dr. King address the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change?

3. Why were organizations such as NAACP and the NUL formed?

4. What did white racists bomb on September, 9 1957?

5. What are attempts to attack laws and customs that prohibited African Americans from eating at lunch counters next to Caucasians called?

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