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"Eyes on the Prize": "Awakenings"

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Introduction:
"This 14 hour documentary is the most complete testimony of the Civil Rights Era. Here is a quiz on hour one of this monumental film covering the murder of Emmitt Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott."


1. What supreme court decision does the series say started the Civil Rights Movement?
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Roe v. Wade
    Plessy v. Fergeson
    Crow v. Black


2. According to the series, whose death is widely considered to be the spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement?
    Emmett Till
    Andrew Goodman
    Rosa Parks
    Martin Luther King Jr.


3. What was the line, delivered by Mose Wright, that marked the first defiance of the Jim Crow south?
    He did it
    Dar He
    I ain't moving
    No more


4. What magazine published the photos of Till's brutalized corpse?
    Ebony
    Time
    Jet
    Newsweek


5. What happened to Till's murderers?
    They were never charged.
    They escaped to Canada.
    They went to prison, but were released a day later.
    They were found "Not Guilty."


6. What was Rosa Parks' job when she refused to give up her seat?
    Secretary
    Storekeeper
    Maid
    Actress


7. How old was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he was asked to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association?
    52
    21
    26
    36


8. Complete the line: "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like ___________."
    Answer: (Three Words, first one is "a")


9. Who was the primary planner of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
    E.D. Nixon
    Rosa Parks
    Ralph Abernathy
    Medgar Evers


10. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
    One year, 15 days
    Fifteen months, 5 days
    Three years, 38 days
    Four months, 3 days


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