Civil Rights Significant People

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Who was the first African American to be enrolled in Ole Miss University?

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James Meredith

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Who was the first African American to earn a P.H.D. from Harvard and co-founder of the NAACP? Options: W.E.B. Dubois, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X

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W.E.B. Dubois

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Civil Rights activist who gave a famous speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Co-founder of the militant group the Black Panthers

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Bobby Seales

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First African American major league baseball player and civil rights activist

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Jackie Robinson

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Who was the governor of Arkansas and a segregationist who did not want 9 students to enroll in Little Rock High School?

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Orval Faubus

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Who fought for Mexican American veterans who had not received benefits? Options: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Lester Maddox, Hector Garcia

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Hector Garcia

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First African American to be appointed to Supreme Court Justice

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Thurgood Marshall

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The free association of different people from different backgrounds, "To put together, live in harmony"

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Integration

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This man believed in total separation and wanted African Americans to live away from whites, who he believed God was going to punish.

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Malcolm X