Gays and Civil Rights (Bayard Rustin)
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What peaceful protest did he organize and NOT get credit for?
March on Washington
(wrong answers:
I Had a Dream,
Selma March,
The Birmingham campaign)
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Who was one of the activists that Bayard Rustin worked with during the civil rights movement?
Martin Luther King jr
(wrong answers:
Malcolm x,
Rosa Park,
James Baldwin ,
Rosa)
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In 1944, Rustin was jailed for being a conscientious objector to:
World War ll
(wrong answers:
World War ll,
Housing,
Racism ,
Segregation)
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In 1948, Rustin traveled to learn about peaceful resistance in:
India
(wrong answers:
Alabama,
Thailand,
India,
Kenya)
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Rustin did not fit some people’s image of a civil rights leader because of his:
Homosexuality
(wrong answers:
Homosexuality,
Height,
Movement,
Opinions)
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Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin this award 50 years after the March on Washington:
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(wrong answers:
A national holiday,
Gold Star,
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
Purple Heart)