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Civil Rights Leaders

Civil rights leaders are those groups or individuals that work towards bringing human and civilian rights and freedoms to those that are oppressed, a minority group, or otherwise discriminated against.

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Why did civil rights leaders want to protest on Birmingham?

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Civil rights leaders want to protest on Birmingham because it was a KKK stronghold and Martin Luther King described it as America's worst city for racism.

What languages were spoken by Frederick Douglass?

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Africa is a continent, it covers an area of 30.2 million square kilometres (11.7 million square miles).

Its inhabitants have a vast array of languages, by most estimates, well over a thousand languages (UNESCO has estimated around two thousand) are spoken in Africa.

One cannot - therefore - give a one or two word answer to this question.

When did Thurgood Marshall get married to Cecilia Marshall?

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Thurgood Marshall married to Vivian Buster Burey in 1929 Thurgood Marshall married to Cecilia Suyat in 1955

What methods did Nelson Mandela use to protest?

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Civil disobedience. Violence. Bombings

What motivated Frederick Douglass to read and write?

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He wrote in a Narrative writing however it is difficult to go in depth with his writing style. He was a slave so he did not get a good education and made many spelling errors in his work due to his poor education.

What did Pauli Murray do?

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Anna Pauline Murray (1910-1985) did several things in her lifetime. She was a women's rights activist, author, and also a civil rights activist.

Why did Fredrick Douglass want to end slavery?

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Fredrick Douglas wanted to end slavery because he was a slave from day one and didn't want anyone to go through what he went through. He escaped being a slave and became a self educated writer and abolitionist. He believed everyone should get a chance to live and be free with out being told what to do and have to be frowned upon because of their color or race.

What is Frederick Douglass interest in?

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Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist, author, editor, public speaker and diplomat.

How manytimes did Rosa parks get married?

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Both Rosa Parks and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. were married to others before they ever met. Rosa was married to Raymond Parks in 1939, a barber in Montgomery Alabama. Rev. King was married to Coretta Scott in 1953, who was studying on a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston when they met.

What was Nelson Mandela's adulthood like?

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In Nelson's adult life his occupations included boxing. He also went to college to be a lawyer. Nelson went to jail for TWENTY-SEVEN years.

How old is Jesse Jackson?

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Jesse Jackson is 76 years old (birthdate: October 8, 1941).

What slave farm was Fredrick Douglass on?

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The Great House Farm in Talbot County, Maryland.

Where did Rosa parks get her education from?

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Rosa did not attend a public school until the age of eleven. Before that, she was home schooled by her mother which was a teacher Rosa Parks was taught to read at a young age. At age eleven she attended the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery. When she graduated high school in 1934 women and blacks were not allowed to enroll in southern colleges. Later on Rosa also attended Alabama State College for a short time. A few years later, her mother and brother died as well.

How did Rosa Parks achieve her goals?

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Rosa Parks did a lot of major accomplishments. Rosa Parks stood up for herself. She was also brave and fought for her rights. Rosa stopped the separation between black and whites. Rosa also didn't obey segregation's. Rosa Parks did 5 major accomplishments.

Why did Frederick Douglass return to the United States?

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because he believed abolitionists must fight slavery at its source.

Did Rosa parks protested against segeration?

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she did not protest outspokenly about segeration. instead she fought against it by sitting in a white section on a bus