US History MCQs

US Civil Rights Church Leaders MCQs with Answer

Which civil rights church leader co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for nonviolent protest strategies?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Rosa Parks
d) Ella Baker
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a prominent civil rights church leader, known for his role as a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. and his advocacy for nonviolent protest?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Howard Thurman
Answer: d) Howard Thurman

James Reeb was a Unitarian Universalist minister who was fatally attacked while participating in which civil rights event?
a) Montgomery Bus Boycott
b) Selma to Montgomery marches
c) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
d) Greensboro sit-ins
Answer: b) Selma to Montgomery marches

Who was a civil rights leader and Baptist minister who played a crucial role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was a mentor to Rosa Parks?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Thurgood Marshall
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Wyatt Tee Walker was a pastor and civil rights activist who served as the chief of staff for which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Martin Luther King Jr.
Answer: d) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his fiery oratory and his involvement in the Nation of Islam?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: a) Malcolm X

Joseph Lowery was a Methodist minister and civil rights leader who co-founded which organization focused on racial equality?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his role in the Birmingham Campaign and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., is a minister and activist. Which organization did she establish?
a) Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
b) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
c) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
d) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Answer: a) Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his charismatic speeches and his advocacy for African American equality and justice?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Fred Shuttlesworth was a pastor and civil rights activist who co-founded which civil rights organization focused on racial equality?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his leadership in the Chicago Freedom Movement and his work against housing discrimination?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Jesse Jackson
Answer: d) Jesse Jackson

James Lawson was a Methodist minister and civil rights leader known for his training in nonviolent protest tactics. He worked closely with which organization?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a civil rights church leader and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Rev. James Lawson
Answer: c) Ella Baker

Gardner Taylor was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his powerful sermons. He was a key leader in which civil rights organization?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and played a role in the Freedom Rides?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) James Farmer
Answer: d) James Farmer

A. D. King was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Baptist minister known for his civil rights activism. What does “A. D.” stand for?
a) Alfred Daniel
b) Abraham David
c) Andrew Douglas
d) Arthur Donald
Answer: a) Alfred Daniel

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his work in voter registration and his role in the Selma to Montgomery marches?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) John Lewis
Answer: d) John Lewis

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a pastor and civil rights leader who served as the first African American congressman from which state?
a) New York
b) Georgia
c) Alabama
d) Mississippi
Answer: a) New York

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his role as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) after Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) Ralph Abernathy
b) Andrew Young
c) James Bevel
d) Joseph Lowery
Answer: a) Ralph Abernathy

Vernon Johns was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who was a mentor to which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his advocacy of nonviolent protest and his involvement in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Howard Thurman was a theologian, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader known for his influence on which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his role in the Birmingham Campaign and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a civil rights church leader and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Rev. James Lawson
Answer: c) Ella Baker

Gardner Taylor was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his powerful sermons. He was a key leader in which civil rights organization?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and played a role in the Freedom Rides?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) James Farmer
Answer: d) James Farmer

A. D. King was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Baptist minister known for his civil rights activism. What does “A. D.” stand for?
a) Alfred Daniel
b) Abraham David
c) Andrew Douglas
d) Arthur Donald
Answer: a) Alfred Daniel

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his work in voter registration and his role in the Selma to Montgomery marches?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) John Lewis
Answer: d) John Lewis

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a pastor and civil rights leader who served as the first African American congressman from which state?
a) New York
b) Georgia
c) Alabama
d) Mississippi
Answer: a) New York

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his role as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) after Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) Ralph Abernathy
b) Andrew Young
c) James Bevel
d) Joseph Lowery
Answer: a) Ralph Abernathy

Vernon Johns was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who was a mentor to which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his advocacy of nonviolent protest and his involvement in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Howard Thurman was a theologian, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader known for his influence on which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his role in the Birmingham Campaign and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a civil rights church leader and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Rev. James Lawson
Answer: c) Ella Baker

Gardner Taylor was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his powerful sermons. He was a key leader in which civil rights organization?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and played a role in the Freedom Rides?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) James Farmer
Answer: d) James Farmer

A. D. King was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Baptist minister known for his civil rights activism. What does “A. D.” stand for?
a) Alfred Daniel
b) Abraham David
c) Andrew Douglas
d) Arthur Donald
Answer: a) Alfred Daniel

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his work in voter registration and his role in the Selma to Montgomery marches?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) John Lewis
Answer: d) John Lewis

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a pastor and civil rights leader who served as the first African American congressman from which state?
a) New York
b) Georgia
c) Alabama
d) Mississippi
Answer: a) New York

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his role as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) after Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) Ralph Abernathy
b) Andrew Young
c) James Bevel
d) Joseph Lowery
Answer: a) Ralph Abernathy

Vernon Johns was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who was a mentor to which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader known for his advocacy of nonviolent protest and his involvement in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Howard Thurman was a theologian, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader known for his influence on which prominent civil rights church leader?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his role in the Birmingham Campaign and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) Rosa Parks
Answer: b) Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a civil rights church leader and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Bayard Rustin
c) Ella Baker
d) Rev. James Lawson
Answer: c) Ella Baker

Gardner Taylor was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist known for his powerful sermons. He was a key leader in which civil rights organization?
a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
b) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
c) Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
d) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Answer: a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Who was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and played a role in the Freedom Rides?
a) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Ella Baker
d) James Farmer
Answer: d) James Farmer

A. D. King was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Baptist minister known for his civil rights activism. What does “A. D.” stand for?
a) Alfred Daniel
b) Abraham David
c) Andrew Douglas
d) Arthur Donald
Answer: a) Alfred Daniel

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