PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides? (7.7D)
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Hector P. Garcia
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Medgar Evers
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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James Farmer, Jr.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Like the sit-ins, the Freedom Rides of 1961 were designed to provoke arrests, though in this case to prompt the Justice Department to enforce already existing laws banning segregation in interstate travel and terminal accommodations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Where did federal authorities first join the freedom ride to provide the riders with protection? B. Washington, D.C.
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