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Chapter 8: An Education in Protest

I'll Find A Way Or Make One, by Juan Williams & Dwayne Ashley
A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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On February 1, 1960 four college freshmen from which HBCU formed a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter?North Carolina A&T
On February 12, 1960 how many black college students from Fisk, Tennessee State, Meharry Medical College, and the American Baptist Theological Seminary staged sit-ins at lunch counters throughout Nashville?500
Where did Diane Nash and other students win their first decisive victory at desegregating a lunch counter?Nashville's Greyhound Bus Station
Which HBCU's student sit-ins were met with tear gas and water hoses used by the local police?Claflin College and South Carolina State College
Which civil rights organizations welcomed the student sit-ins to further their desegregation agenda?NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Which Shaw University student was responsible for organizing nonviolent protest training which later led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?Ella Baker
Which Fisk graduate and SNCC president later became mayor of Washington D.C.?Marion Barry
Between 1920 and 1930 black college enrollment rose from 600,000 to ...1 million
In 1934, which Fisk student organized a protest in response to a lynching near campus?Ishmael Flory
In 1935, which HBCUs took part in an integrated antiwar protest in which 150,000 college students took part?Morgan College, Virgina Union, Virginia State, and Howard
Who was Fisk University's first black president?Charles S. Johnson
What was the first national and most successful civil rights organization conceived and created by students?Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Which HBCU did Diane Nash and John Lewis attend?Fisk University
Which HBCU did SNCC's well-known leaders Julian Bond and Stokley Carmichael attend?Bond-Morehouse,Carmichael-Howard
What was the average age of SNCC members?23
Which event was SNCC involved in during the summer of 1964 which involved black voter registration?Mississippi Project
Which organization provided the first opportunity for black and white student activists to work together through a single organization within a multiracial framework?Student Nonviolent Coordinating Organization
What was the name of the book published by SNCC?Negroes in American History
Which two SNCC workers were shot or killed in 1965 and 1966?Jonathan Daniels and Sammy Young Jr.
What civil rights strategies did SNCC employ during the 1960s?Direct Action and Voter Registration
Which civil rights organization was the first to announce its opposition to the Vietnam War?SNCC
Which SNCC leaders called for whites to be ousted from the organization?Stokley Carmichael and H. Rap Brown
In 1966, what organization did SNCC align themselves with?Black Panther Party
Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
Which SNCC leader urged black students to embrace more aggressive tactics than nonviolent action?Stokley Carmichael
In 1969, what foundation donated $1 million to Morgan State, Howard, and Yale Universities to prepare faculty members to teach courses in African american studies?Ford Foundation
Who headed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?A. Phillip Randolph


Social Studies Teacher
Harding University High School
Charlotte, NC

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