USH Unit 9 Study Guide

This person overcame gender and racial barriers to be the first African American woman elected to Congress

• Orval Faubus

• Shirley Chisholm

• Martin Luther King

• Jackie Robinson

This person favored segregation and refused to let the Little Rock Nine into school (challenged desegregation)

• Orval Faubus

• Shirley Chisholm

• Martin Luther King

• Jackie Robinson

This person favored desegregation and used nonviolent resistance along with civil disobedience

• Orval Faubus

• Shirley Chisholm

• Martin Luther King

• Jackie Robinson

This person ended racial segregation in Major League Baseball

• Orval Faubus

• Shirley Chisholm

• Martin Luther King

• Jackie Robinson

This person was the leader of the Chicano Movement (sought better pay & conditions for migrant workers

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

This person worked with the Black Panthers and chose a more militant approach to gain equal rights

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

This man argued for the NAACP on the Brown vs. Board of Education court case

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

This person helped form the National Organization for Women (NOW) to help women get equal rights

• Malcolm X

• Thurgood Marshall

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

This person was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice on the Brown v. Board of Education court case

• Earl Warren

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Dolores Huerta

This person helped form the NAACP (early civil rights group)

• Earl Warren

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Dolores Huerta