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6. What year was Boynton v. Virginia?
7. What lawyer was central to the education cases of the 1950s?
- Earl Warren
- Thurgood Marshall
- Moorfield Storey
8. Voting statistics for Selma 1965:
- 50% AA population, only 1% of registered electorate were black
- 50% AA population, only 5% of registered electorate were black
9. What executive order desegregates the armed forces?
10. What student was escorted by federal troops into Mississippi University?
- Sam Hose
- James Meredith
- Alan Bakke
11. What recommendations of the PCCR are fulfilled by the 1957 CRA?
- Civil Rights Division in Department of Justice and Joint Congressional Committee
- Civil Rights Commission and Civil Rights Division in Department of Justice
- Civil Rights Commission and abolition of poll tax
12. What riots immediately succeeded the Voting Rights Act?
- Watt riots in LA
- Chicago riots
- Mississippi race riots
13. How many jobs did this Breadbasket operation achieve?
- 2000 - $10 million a year into the black economy
- 2000 - $15 million a year into the black economy
- 1000 - $15 million a year into the black economy
14. Who was Eisenhower's token black employee?
- Theodore Bilbo
- Frederick Morrow
- William Coleman
15. Who was the volatile police chiedf in Birmingham 1963?
- Bull Connor
- Bull Clark
- Bull Daley
16. What was significant about the murder of Emmett Till?
- mixed jury found murderers guilty
- all white jury found murderers not guilty
- all white jury found murderes guilty
17. What percentage of schools had been desegregated by 1957?