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Great American History Quiz-The 60's

Here's what you need to know for the XIII Great American History Quiz

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MLK Jr.The most famous Civil Rights Leader
Malcolm XThe 2nd most famous Civil Rights Leader
Malcolm Xthe most famous Radical Civil Rights Leader
JFK35th President
JFKPresident during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisisthe closest the world has come to WWIII
Medgar Evansthe 1st martyr of the Civil Rights Movement
Birmingham, 1963the turning point in the Civil Rights Movement
Selma Marchthe event that led to the Voting Rights Acts of 1965
U2 Incidentdestroyed the first scheduled summit between the USSR & US during the Cold War
Nikita Krushchevthe USSR leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Freedom Rides1st Civil Rights event that involved more than one state
James Earl RayMLK's assassin
Little Rock 9, 19571st time "Brown v. Board of Education @ Topeka was enforced
"Brown v. Board of Education @ Topeka"reversed "Plessy v. Ferguson"
"Brown v. Board of Education @ Topeka"stated that "Separate but Equal" is unconstitutional in public schools
Thurgood Marshallthe 1st African-American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshallthe most famous NAACP lawyer from the "Brown" case
Montgomery Bus Boycottthe 1st significant event in the Civil Rights Movement
Lunch Counter strikesFour black students started these in Greensboro, N.C.

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