Texas Civil Rights Leaders

Who was the first African American to serve as a United States Senator from Texas?

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Thurgood Marshall

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

Who was a prominent civil rights activist known for organizing the Del Mar boycott in Texas?

• Harriet Tubman

• Cesar Chavez

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

Which Texas civil rights leader was a key figure in the Chicano Movement?

• Emiliano Zapata

• Dolores Huerta

• Cesar Chavez

• Pancho Villa

Who was the first African American woman to serve in the Texas Senate?

• Condoleezza Rice

• Michelle Obama

• Kamala Harris

• Barbara Jordan

Which civil rights leader from Texas was a co-founder of the American GI Forum?

• Malcolm X

• Dr. Hector P. Garcia

• Cesar Chavez

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was a civil rights leader known for his work in desegregating schools in Texas?

• Heman Marion Sweatt

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Which Texas civil rights leader was a founding member of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)?

• Alonso S. Perales

• Cesar Chavez

• Dolores Huerta

• Emiliano Zapata

Who was a prominent African American civil rights activist from Texas known for his work in voter registration?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• John Lewis

• Rosa Parks

Which civil rights leader from Texas was a key figure in the fight for farmworkers' rights?

• Cesar Chavez

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• JFK (John F. Kennedy)
• MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
• LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson)
• James P. Farmer