PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Which of the following is NOT true about Martin Luther King Jr.?
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He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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He practiced non-violent civil disobedience.
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He formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1957, Dr. King was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization designed to provide new leadership for the now burgeoning civil rights movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Baptist minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and ‘60s. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement. He organized a number of peaceful protests as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including the March on Washington in 1963.
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