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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

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What would be an appropriate title for a newspaper (back during the 50s/early 60s) based on the following quotes?*"We’re going to shake things up and put the Confederate Battle Flag (on the flag itself).” *We don’t want to integrate, and that’s how most Georgians feel, too. We’d rather close our schools than have to do this.”
A
“Court mandated integration seen with openness in Georgia”
B
“Georgia defies court mandated integration order”
C
“Georgia welcomes changes with future integration policies”
D
“Georgia decides to reach a compromise with MLK and John Lewis”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Confederates built an explicitly white-supremacist, pro-slavery, and antidemocratic nation-state, dedicated to the principle that all men are not created equal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Confederate assembly in Montgomery, Alabama adopted the first national flag of the Confederate States of America in March of 1861. This flag was raised over the Capital in Montgomery, Alabama on March 4, 1861. The canton was blue with seven stars in a circle.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is also called the “rebel flag", “Dixie flag", “Confederate battle flag", or “Southern cross". Opponents of the flag have referred to it as the “Dixie swastika".

Detailed explanation-4: -Known as the “Stars and Bars, ” the flag featured a white star for each Confederate state on a blue background, and three stripes, two red and one white. It was distinct from the Union’s flag. But it didn’t look like that from a distance-and in the thick of battle, it was hard to tell the two apart.

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