US History MCQs

US Civil Rights Leaders MCQs with Answer

Who is known for his leadership in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
D) Thurgood Marshall
Answer: C

Who was the founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
A) W. E. B. Du Bois
B) Booker T. Washington
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Frederick Douglass
Answer: A

Which civil rights leader was a key figure in the Chicano Movement?
A) Dolores Huerta
B) Cesar Chavez
C) Angela Davis
D) Bobby Seale
Answer: B

Who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and advocated for nonviolent resistance?
A) Malcolm X
B) Stokely Carmichael
C) John Lewis
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
Answer: D

Which civil rights leader was a prominent attorney and the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
A) Thurgood Marshall
B) Medgar Evers
C) James Meredith
D) Jesse Jackson
Answer: A

Who was a leader in the Black Power movement and co-founded the Black Panther Party?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Rosa Parks
D) Huey P. Newton
Answer: D

Which civil rights leader was known for her involvement in the Women’s Suffrage Movement?
A) Angela Davis
B) Rosa Parks
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Fannie Lou Hamer
Answer: C

Who was a prominent LGBTQ+ civil rights activist and a leader in the Stonewall riots?
A) Audre Lorde
B) Harvey Milk
C) Marsha P. Johnson
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: C

Which civil rights leader played a significant role in the integration of Little Rock Central High School?
A) Ella Baker
B) Ruby Bridges
C) Malcolm X
D) Daisy Bates
Answer: D

Who was a leader in the American Indian Movement (AIM) and advocated for Native American rights?
A) Wilma Mankiller
B) Chief Joseph
C) Russell Means
D) Crazy Horse
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights activist and journalist known for her anti-lynching efforts?
A) Ella Baker
B) Sojourner Truth
C) Ida B. Wells
D) Dorothy Height
Answer: C

Which civil rights leader was a key organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
A) Bayard Rustin
B) Jesse Jackson
C) James Meredith
D) Malcolm X
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and labor union organizer, often associated with the United Farm Workers?
A) Dolores Huerta
B) Cesar Chavez
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Angela Davis
C) Betty Friedan
D) Audre Lorde
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African American labor union?
A) A. Philip Randolph
B) Booker T. Washington
C) Marcus Garvey
D) Langston Hughes
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Jackie Robinson
D) Malcolm X
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and educator known for his role in desegregating schools?
A) Ruby Bridges
B) James Meredith
C) Malcolm X
D) Huey P. Newton
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)?
A) Marcus Garvey
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Langston Hughes
D) W. E. B. Du Bois
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and a key figure in the Disability Rights Movement?
A) Helen Keller
B) Fannie Lou Hamer
C) Judy Heumann
D) Coretta Scott King
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for voting rights, known for the phrase “We Shall Overcome”?
A) John Lewis
B) Medgar Evers
C) Malcolm X
D) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and journalist known for his reporting on lynching and racial violence?
A) James Baldwin
B) Langston Hughes
C) Ida B. Wells
D) Malcolm X
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
A) Chief Joseph
B) Russell Means
C) Crazy Horse
D) Wilma Mankiller
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and author of “The Souls of Black Folk?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) W. E. B. Du Bois
C) Malcolm X
D) Marcus Garvey
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers?
A) Dolores Huerta
B) Cesar Chavez
C) Angela Davis
D) Malcolm X
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and suffragist who co-founded the National Woman’s Party?
A) Betty Friedan
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Alice Paul
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, known for his “Two-Spirit” activism?
A) Marsha P. Johnson
B) Harvey Milk
C) Audre Lorde
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: D

Who was a civil rights leader and educator who played a key role in the Brown v. Board of Education case?
A) Ruby Bridges
B) James Meredith
C) Thurgood Marshall
D) Ella Baker
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for women’s rights, known for her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?”?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Angela Davis
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Betty Friedan
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
A) Jesse Jackson
B) John Lewis
C) Malcolm X
D) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for mental health awareness, known for founding the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)?
A) Eunice Kennedy Shriver
B) Dorothea Dix
C) Bebe Moore Campbell
D) Helen Keller
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and abolitionist known for her work as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad?
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Rosa Parks
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Coretta Scott King
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and a key figure in the Disability Rights Movement?
A) Judy Heumann
B) Helen Keller
C) Fannie Lou Hamer
D) Coretta Scott King
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and labor union organizer, known for his involvement in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)?
A) A. Philip Randolph
B) Eugene V. Debs
C) Cesar Chavez
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
A) Ella Baker
B) Malcolm X
C) James Meredith
D) James Farmer Jr.
Answer: D

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party?
A) Huey P. Newton
B) Eldridge Cleaver
C) Angela Davis
D) Stokely Carmichael
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, known for his involvement in the Mattachine Society?
A) Harvey Milk
B) Marsha P. Johnson
C) Bayard Rustin
D) Audre Lorde
Answer: C

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for Native American rights, known for his role in the occupation of Alcatraz Island?
A) Russell Means
B) Wilma Mankiller
C) Crazy Horse
D) Chief Joseph
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the National Urban League?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) Langston Hughes
C) W. E. B. Du Bois
D) A. Philip Randolph
Answer: D

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for women’s rights, known for her work on reproductive rights and co-founding the Women’s Media Center?
A) Betty Friedan
B) Gloria Steinem
C) Audre Lorde
D) Angela Davis
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and educator known for his role in the desegregation of public schools as a plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case?
A) James Meredith
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) John Lewis
D) Malcolm X
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for women’s rights, known for her speech “The Ballot or the Bullet”?
A) Gloria Steinem
B) Angela Davis
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Malcolm X
Answer: D

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for workers’ rights, known for his role in the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
A) Eugene V. Debs
B) A. Philip Randolph
C) Cesar Chavez
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, known for her involvement in the Compton’s Cafeteria and Stonewall riots?
A) Marsha P. Johnson
B) Harvey Milk
C) Audre Lorde
D) Bayard Rustin
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and educator known for her efforts to integrate New Orleans public schools?
A) Ruby Bridges
B) Ella Baker
C) James Meredith
D) Daisy Bates
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
A) Chief Joseph
B) Russell Means
C) Crazy Horse
D) Wilma Mankiller
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and author of the book “The Souls of Black Folk”?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) W. E. B. Du Bois
C) Malcolm X
D) Marcus Garvey
Answer: B

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for migrant farmworkers, known for her role in the Delano grape strike?
A) Dolores Huerta
B) Cesar Chavez
C) Angela Davis
D) Martin Luther King Jr.
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and suffragist who co-founded the National Woman’s Party?
A) Alice Paul
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Betty Friedan
D) Gloria Steinem
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, known for his involvement in the early gay rights movement?
A) Bayard Rustin
B) Harvey Milk
C) Marsha P. Johnson
D) Audre Lorde
Answer: A

Who was a civil rights leader and co-founder of the National Urban League?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) W. E. B. Du Bois
C) Langston Hughes
D) A. Philip Randolph
Answer: D

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