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(Continued from page 12) Anthony is generally considered the mother of the women's rights movement. Question 7: Correct answer: He led the boycott (1955-56) by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, against the segregated city bus lines. He achieved a major victory, and the Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis in 1956. King did organize the March and give his immortal speech, but he was already a prominent civil rights leader. More than 250,000 Americans participated in the March on Washington, one of the largest protest events in American history. King was already a prominent leader of civil ri;hi\ inpvcnicin when he was awarded the Nobel prize. Question 8: Correct answer: University of Alabama Governor Gcorac Wallacc had physically blocked the students' entrance to the registration building, prompting Kennedy to take action the same day. Question 9: Correct answer: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act Considered the most important piece of civil rights legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the bill was signed into law by President LxihIdii Jdhiisoii. Marshall was appointed in 1967. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale organized the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary group that advocated violence as a means of self-defense, in 1966. Question 10: Correct answer: Reverend Jesse .Iiickson. Sr. The organization has since been merged with Operation PUSH (founded in 1971) to form the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Martin Lu Harriet Tubman Ida B. Wells Rosa Parks For more information on these topics and others of interest please visit: httn://\vww.iiifoi)lea.se.ci)iii
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