PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Rosa Parks
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Thurgood Marshall
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Malcolm X
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ralph David Abernathy was Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidant and friend and confidante. He was active in the African American civil rights movement, including working to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Detailed explanation-2: -Led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was the first major civil rights organization to originate in the South and was one of the guiding forces behind the black freedom struggle in the 1950s and 1960s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther King, Jr.’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was best known for mobilizing large, nonviolent protests in places like Birmingham and Selma, aimed at moving the national conscience and pushing the federal government to support civil rights initiatives.