US History MCQs

US Civil Rights Photographers MCQs with Answer

Who is known for capturing the iconic photograph of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
a) Dorothea Lange
b) Gordon Parks
c) James Karales
d) Charles Moore
Answer: b) Gordon Parks

Which photographer’s images of the Selma to Montgomery marches were instrumental in bringing attention to the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Ansel Adams
b) Doris Ulmann
c) James Karales
d) Margaret Bourke-White
Answer: c) James Karales

The photograph of Emmett Till’s mutilated body in his casket was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Richard Avedon
d) David Jackson
Answer: a) Charles Moore

Who documented the lives of sharecroppers during the Great Depression, providing valuable insight into the struggles of the time?
a) Ansel Adams
b) Walker Evans
c) Dorothea Lange
d) Gordon Parks
Answer: b) Walker Evans

Which photographer’s images of the Little Rock Nine captured the hostility they faced during school integration?
a) James Karales
b) Danny Lyon
c) Charles Moore
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: d) Ernest Withers

Who is best known for documenting the Black Panther Party and the social issues of the 1960s and 1970s?
a) Gordon Parks
b) Danny Lyon
c) Roy DeCarava
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: b) Danny Lyon

The photograph of a young John Lewis being beaten by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Bob Adelman
c) Danny Lyon
d) Spider Martin
Answer: d) Spider Martin

Who is known for capturing candid and intimate photographs of jazz musicians, including those associated with the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Gordon Parks
b) Roy DeCarava
c) Charles Moore
d) James Karales
Answer: b) Roy DeCarava

The photograph of a young Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by federal marshals was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Danny Lyon
d) Norman Rockwell
Answer: d) Norman Rockwell

Who documented the Freedom Summer of 1964, capturing the struggles and triumphs of civil rights activists in Mississippi?
a) Gordon Parks
b) Charles Moore
c) Bob Adelman
d) Danny Lyon
Answer: d) Danny Lyon

The photograph of Malcolm X holding a rifle at his window was taken by:
a) Ernest Withers
b) Charles Moore
c) Eve Arnold
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: a) Ernest Withers

Who is known for documenting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the events of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Bruce Davidson
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: a) Bob Adelman

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Bob Adelman
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Bob Adelman

Who captured powerful images of the Freedom Riders, highlighting their nonviolent protests against segregation in the South?
a) Roy DeCarava
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: d) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of a young Claudette Colvin being arrested was taken by:
a) Gordon Parks
b) Charles Moore
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Charles Moore

Who documented the Freedom Rides and other Civil Rights Movement events, capturing the intensity and brutality faced by activists?
a) Bruce Davidson
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: a) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of Elizabeth Eckford walking to school amidst a hostile crowd was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Will Counts
Answer: d) Will Counts

Who documented the Civil Rights Movement and the daily life of African Americans in the segregated South?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Charles Moore
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: b) Charles Moore

The photograph of a young James Meredith enrolling at the University of Mississippi was taken by:
a) Danny Lyon
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: c) Bob Adelman

Who is known for capturing candid images of everyday life in Harlem and the African American experience?
a) Charles Moore
b) Roy DeCarava
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: b) Roy DeCarava

The photograph of Malcolm X holding a rifle at his window was taken by:
a) Ernest Withers
b) Charles Moore
c) Eve Arnold
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: a) Ernest Withers

Who is known for documenting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the events of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Bruce Davidson
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: a) Bob Adelman

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Bob Adelman
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Bob Adelman

Who captured powerful images of the Freedom Riders, highlighting their nonviolent protests against segregation in the South?
a) Roy DeCarava
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: d) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of a young Claudette Colvin being arrested was taken by:
a) Gordon Parks
b) Charles Moore
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Charles Moore

Who documented the Freedom Rides and other Civil Rights Movement events, capturing the intensity and brutality faced by activists?
a) Bruce Davidson
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: a) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of Elizabeth Eckford walking to school amidst a hostile crowd was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Will Counts
Answer: d) Will Counts

Who documented the Civil Rights Movement and the daily life of African Americans in the segregated South?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Charles Moore
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: b) Charles Moore

The photograph of a young James Meredith enrolling at the University of Mississippi was taken by:
a) Danny Lyon
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: c) Bob Adelman

Who is known for capturing candid images of everyday life in Harlem and the African American experience?
a) Charles Moore
b) Roy DeCarava
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: b) Roy DeCarava

The photograph of Malcolm X holding a rifle at his window was taken by:
a) Ernest Withers
b) Charles Moore
c) Eve Arnold
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: a) Ernest Withers

Who is known for documenting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the events of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Bruce Davidson
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: a) Bob Adelman

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Bob Adelman
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Bob Adelman

Who captured powerful images of the Freedom Riders, highlighting their nonviolent protests against segregation in the South?
a) Roy DeCarava
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: d) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of a young Claudette Colvin being arrested was taken by:
a) Gordon Parks
b) Charles Moore
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Charles Moore

Who documented the Freedom Rides and other Civil Rights Movement events, capturing the intensity and brutality faced by activists?
a) Bruce Davidson
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: a) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of Elizabeth Eckford walking to school amidst a hostile crowd was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Will Counts
Answer: d) Will Counts

Who documented the Civil Rights Movement and the daily life of African Americans in the segregated South?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Charles Moore
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: b) Charles Moore

The photograph of a young James Meredith enrolling at the University of Mississippi was taken by:
a) Danny Lyon
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: c) Bob Adelman

Who is known for capturing candid images of everyday life in Harlem and the African American experience?
a) Charles Moore
b) Roy DeCarava
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: b) Roy DeCarava

The photograph of Malcolm X holding a rifle at his window was taken by:
a) Ernest Withers
b) Charles Moore
c) Eve Arnold
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: a) Ernest Withers

Who is known for documenting the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the events of the Civil Rights Movement?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Bruce Davidson
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: a) Bob Adelman

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Bob Adelman
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Bob Adelman

Who captured powerful images of the Freedom Riders, highlighting their nonviolent protests against segregation in the South?
a) Roy DeCarava
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: d) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of a young Claudette Colvin being arrested was taken by:
a) Gordon Parks
b) Charles Moore
c) Danny Lyon
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: b) Charles Moore

Who documented the Freedom Rides and other Civil Rights Movement events, capturing the intensity and brutality faced by activists?
a) Bruce Davidson
b) Danny Lyon
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: a) Bruce Davidson

The photograph of Elizabeth Eckford walking to school amidst a hostile crowd was taken by:
a) Charles Moore
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Will Counts
Answer: d) Will Counts

Who documented the Civil Rights Movement and the daily life of African Americans in the segregated South?
a) Bob Adelman
b) Charles Moore
c) Gordon Parks
d) Ernest Withers
Answer: b) Charles Moore

The photograph of a young James Meredith enrolling at the University of Mississippi was taken by:
a) Danny Lyon
b) Gordon Parks
c) Bob Adelman
d) Bruce Davidson
Answer: c) Bob Adelman

Who is known for capturing candid images of everyday life in Harlem and the African American experience?
a) Charles Moore
b) Roy DeCarava
c) Gordon Parks
d) Bob Adelman
Answer: b) Roy DeCarava

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