USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
· John F. Kennedy· Martin Luther King Jr.· Robert F. KennedyDuring which decade were these leaders assassinated?
A
the 1950s
B
the 1960s
C
the 1970s
D
the 1980s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

Detailed explanation-2: -John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, becoming also the youngest President to die.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy met King finally at the White House in 1963. The picture of the two of them surrounded by White House aides and vice-president Lyndon Johnson is the only known photo of them together.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign.

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