What did the abbreviation CORE stand for in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement?
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Congress of Racial Equality
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What did the abbreviation CORE stand for in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement?
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Congress of Racial Equality
Which town was the site of the 1961 Freedom Riders’ bus burning in Alabama?
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Anniston
Which Alabama city hosted the 1963 civil-rights campaign that led to the desegregation of public facilities?
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Birmingham
What was the name of the motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?
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Lorraine Motel
Who was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress?
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Shirley Chisholm
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What was the name of the motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated?
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Lorraine Motel
Who was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress?
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Shirley Chisholm
Which federal court case ended legal segregation on Montgomery buses in 1956?
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Browder v. Gayle
Which federal agency did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 create to investigate voting discrimination?
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Which Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s public-accommodations rules?
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
Which U.S. commission linked urban unrest to racial inequality in its 1968 report?
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Kerner Commission