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Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus?
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Who was the first African American woman to serve in the United States Congress?
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Who was the first African American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States?
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Who became in 1977 the leader of the Nation of Islam, a religious organization that favors racial separation, black nationalism, and economic independence for African Americans?
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Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
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Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
