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1 Civil Rights Movement: People

2 Branch Rickey General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Hired Jackie Robinson to play in the major leagues

3 Thurgood Marshall Lawyer for the NAACP
Argued the case of Brown v. Board of Educaton Later first African American Supreme Court Justice

4 Earl Warren Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Wrote the majority opinion in Brown v. Board

5 Jo Ann Robinson Civil Rights leader in Montgomery, Alabama
Helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott after the arrest of Rosa Parks

6 Dwight Eisenhower President of the United States, 1952-1960
Ordered federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School

7 Rosa Parks Civil Rights Worker in Montgomery Alabama
Was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, provoking the Montgomery Busboycott.

8 Orval Faubus Governor of Arkansas
Tried to prevent the integration of Little Rock Central High School

9 Malcom X Leader in the Nation of Islam
Came to oppose the cause of Black Nationalism after a pilgrimage to Mecca Was assassinated in 1965

10 Bobby Seale C0 Founder with Huey Newton of the Black Panthers
Wanted African Americans to take charge and lead in their own communities

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