Organizing To Demand Rights

21 August 2022
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A leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott who also becamw the spokesperson for nonviolent protest by African American was
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d. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Which best describes the actions of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
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d. organizing the March on Washington
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Although the many advocacy groups of the 1960s led different types of protests, most
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a. used nonviolent resistance effectively.
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The philosophies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are best described as
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c. drastically different
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A group that oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and produced important civil rights leaders was
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b. the Montgomery Improvement Association
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A group that was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and trained volunteers in nonviolent resistance was
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b. the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Which leader joined the Nation of Islam while in jail and then brought many African Americans into the movement?
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b. Malcolm X
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An African American organization founded in Detroit in 1930 was
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d. the Nation of Islam
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One of the guiding principles of the Nation of Islam was
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a. gaining economic power for African Americans
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Which best describes the social impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
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b. It inspired similar boycotts in other cities across the nation.
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The actions of four African American college students at a lunch counter in 1960 started a
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a. sit-in movement
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott proved that
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a. change could be achieved through peaceful means
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The main purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was to
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a. gain full equality for African Americans