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The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Question 5 • 11011de2 CONNECTED Fall 2026 NM-US History and Geography S2

Which of the following names an NAACP member who became the first African American Supreme Court justice?

Answer
A
Heman Sweatt
B
Thurgood Marshall
C
Branch Rickey
D
Jackie Robinson

Explanation

Thurgood Marshall was an NAACP lawyer who argued major civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education. In 1967, he became the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Heman Sweatt was a plaintiff in a landmark desegregation case, while Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson are associated with baseball.

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