Civil Rights & Conservatism

Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?

• Medgar Evers

• James Farmer, Jr.

• Hector P. Garcia

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. In 1964 I supported the Civil Rights Bill and signed it through as President in addition to Voting Rights Act of 1965. Who am I?

• Hector P Garcia

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Jane McCallum

• Lyndon Johnson

How do the actions of Hector Garcia characterize the age of Civil Rights and Conservatism?

• His founding of the American G.I. Forum led to expanded rights and liberties for Hispanic Americans.

• His long service as leader of the Republican Party in Texas led to an expansion of conservatism in government.

• His introduction of numerous education bills to Congress led to expanded educational opportunities for minorities.

• His actions as the U.S. Postmaster General led to greater diversity and recognition of ethnic groups and women on stamps.

Elected president of the US in 1961, called for new civil rights legislation while president. Who am I?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Lyndon B Johnson

• John F Kennedy

• Hector P Garcia

Teacher and civil rights activist. Fought for equal salaries for black and white teachers

• Barbara Jordan

• James Farmer

• Lula Belle White

• Hector P Garcia

Name of the organization created to achieve equality for African Americans

• LULAC

• NAACP

• CRM

• CORE

Look at the information provided.

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What is the name of the civil rights organization that Hector P. Garcia established?

• CORE

• the American G.I. Forum

• LULAC

• the Hispanic Surgeon's Union

Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides?

• Medgar Evers

• James Farmer, Jr.

• Hector P. Garcia

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

To include people of all races.

• Integrate

• Boycott

• Libel

• Protest

Integrated bus rides that went through segregated areas in order to draw attention to Civil Rights.

• Freedom Rides

• Literacy Test

• Cold War

• Libel