PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Michael Jordan
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Andrew Young
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Benjamin Mays
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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. He was re-elected twice before Jimmy Carter appointed him ambassador to the United Nations in 1977.
Detailed explanation-4: -He was a key strategist and negotiator during campaigns that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1972, Young was elected to Congress, becoming the first African-American representative from the Deep South since Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-5: -Andrew Young, in full Andrew Jackson Young, Jr., (born March 12, 1932, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.), American politician, civil rights leader, and clergyman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–77) and later was mayor of Atlanta (1982–90).