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Born in rural clarke County Georgia and raised in poverty as a sharecropper's son.Micheal Thurmond
Civil rights movement that banned discrimatination based on race, color, religion, and national originThe civil Rights Act of 1964
1865 slavery was abolished by which amendent?The 13th Amendment to the U.S Constition
This act prohibed discrimination in housing concerning sales, rental, and financing.The Fair Housing Act
This Act prohibitd racial discrimination and guaranteed equal access to public accomodations regardless of race or colorThe Civil Rights Act of 1875
This amendment granted blacks the right to votethe 15th amendment to the U.S constitution
This amendment granted process and equal protection under the law to african americansThe 14th Amendment to the U.S constitution
The Congress of Reacial Equality What are the other 3 organizationsSCLC SNCC NAACP
In the eleven-period between 1957-1968 this famous African american spoke over twenty-five hundred times, he was arrested and assaulted at least four times. Who is he?Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr.
Abraham Lincoln was credited with passing an important act freeing Confederate slavesThe Emancipation Proclamation
He was the first African American to serve in the United States senate, and in the U.S congress overall.Hiram R. Revels
Who were the civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961?The Freedom Riders
In 1898 southern states limited voting rights, to keep all African Americans from voting the requirement for voting hinged on your father or godfatherThe Grandfather Clause
He argued and won one of the most important legal cases of the century by ending the seperation of black and white children in public schoolsBrown v. Board of Education
He was the first African american Marine Corp AviatorFrank E. Peterson
In 1989 Dr. Martin Luther King day federal holiday but one didnt't. Which one was itNew Hampshire was the last state to make Dr. King's Day a paid holiday in 1999
Born March 23, 1938 this American politician and member of the Democratic Party was the first African american mayorMaynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr.
He was seved as a congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district in the United StatesMayor of Atlanta
This man became the first to lead a major political party in the United States of the Democratic National CommitteeRon Brown
On January 30, 2009 former Lt. Governor the first African american chairman of Republic National CommitteeMichael Steele


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