PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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a congressman
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Mayor of Atlanta
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a civil rights leader
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Governor of Georgia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Young was an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and a thoughtful strategist for some of the most important protests, including the Birmingham campaign and March on Washington in 1963. Young served as executive director of SCLC (1964-1968). He helped draft the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Detailed explanation-2: -As one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most trusted aides, Young organized voter registration drives and desegregation campaigns throughout the South. Young was with Dr. King when he was assassinated in 1968. In 1972, Young became the first African-American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress from Georgia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta.
Detailed explanation-4: -What are TWO reasons that President Andrew Jackson supported the state of Georgia despite the court ruling against it in Worcester v. Georgia (1832)? He felt that expansion of US territory was more important. He wanted to set an example for Native American tribes in other states.