Who Said That? Civil Rights Leaders

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Who Said That? Civil Rights Leaders

IntelliQuiz Staff - Published: January 18, 2016

We’ve stood on their shoulders and reaped the benefits of their efforts to make the world a better place. Their names are as much a part of history as is their struggle for equality, but do you know which civil rights leader said what? Take this quiz, test your knowledge, and be inspired!

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Question 1/10

She sang the words "We shall overcome, one day" at the March on Washington in 1963 in protest for freedom and jobs.

Joan Baez
Aretha Franklin
Mary Travers
Judy Collins

Question 2/10

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

Mother Teresa
Malcolm X

Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 3/10

In the words of this US Senator, "It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped."

Edward Kennedy
John McCain
Robert F. Kennedy
Mitch McConnell

Question 4/10

"A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves."

Malala Yousafzai
Rosa Parks

Victoria Woodhull
Gloria Steinem

Question 5/10

After her historic bus ride she said, "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."

Diane Nash
Rosa Parks
Emmeline Pankhurst
Daisy Bates

Question 6/10

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

Hillary Clinton
Susan B. Anthony

Jacqueline Kennedy
Michelle Obama

Question 7/10

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress," said this ex-slave who became an author and abolitionist.

Frederick Douglass
Adam Clayton Powell

John Lewis
Medgar Evers

Question 8/10

In the words of this leader who sought India's independence from Great Britain, "Where there is love there is life."

Toyohiko Kagawa
Mahatma Gandhi
Cesar Chavez
Bayard Rustin

Question 9/10

According to this President of South Africa, "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

Nelson Mandela
Al Sharpton

Desmond Tutu
Louis Farrakhan

Question 10/10

This father of the US Constitution said, "The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of liberty throughout the world."

James Madison
Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

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Who Said That? Civil Rights Leaders

Who Said That? Civil Rights Leaders

She sang the words "We shall overcome, one day" at the March on Washington in 1963 in protest for freedom and jobs.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

In the words of this US Senator, "It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped."

"A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves."

After her historic bus ride she said, "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free."

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress," said this ex-slave who became an author and abolitionist.

In the words of this leader who sought India's independence from Great Britain, "Where there is love there is life."

According to this President of South Africa, "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

This father of the US Constitution said, "The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of liberty throughout the world."

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