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Card 6
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Why was Emmett Till murdered in 1955?
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Card 7
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What did Emmett Till's mother insist on?
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Card 8
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Why did Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, say he was bringing in the National Guard at Little Rock High?
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Card 9
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Why did media coverage of the incident at Little Rock show the USA in a bad light?
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Card 10
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The Greensboro sit-ins (1960) challenged the segregation in which chain cafe?
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Card 11
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Why were the freedom rides (1961) called 'an act of calculated martyrdom'?
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Card 12
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How did the 1963 freedom marches encourage President LBJ to pass the Civil Rights Act?
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Card 13
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During which Freedom March did Martin Luther King give his famous 'I have a dream' speech?
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Card 14
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Why did Malcolm X reject his surname, 'Little'?
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Card 15
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In what year and what city were the olympics held when Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a Black Power salute on the podium?
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