Civil Rights Activists

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Martin Luther King Jr (MLK)

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Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and '60s

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How did MLK help change America?

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Helped peacefully bring about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Rosa Parks

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American activist in the civil rights movement. She is best known for her refusal to give her seat up on a bus

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César Chávez

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Mexican American farm worker who led a campaign to improve the working conditions of millions of other farm workers.

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How did César Chávez change the lives of farming immigrants?

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United Farm Workers, an organization that still works for the rights of farm workers today.

Better conditions for grape pickers 

More strikes and unions all over the country

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Susan B. Anthony

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American activist who helped lead the women’s suffrage movement in the United States.

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What did Susan B. Anthony fight for?

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American activist

Helped lead the women’s suffrage movement in the United States

Important in the fight to give

women the right to vote

She also fought for

the abolition of slavery