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When was Malcolm X assassinated?
1960
1962
1965
1966

Which NC Governor initiated the North Carolina Fund, seeking to alleviate poverty through education of the poor?
Daniel Killian Moore
Terry Sanford
Bob Scott
Luther Hartwell Hodges

When was The Charlotte Motor Speedway built?
1960
1963
1965
1969

Which President signed the Civil Rights Act, outlawing discrimination in the sale or rental of housing?
Eisenhower, Dwight
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
Nixon, Richard

What year did Woodstock happen?
1965
1966
1967
1969

Who was the first African-American to be appointed an associate justice of the Supreme Court?
William Sanders Scarborough
Thurgood Marshall
Garret Morgan
Dr. James Marion Sims

What year was John F. Kennedy assassinated?
1962
1963
1964
1966

Who was not one of the four students to help launch the Greensboro sit-ins?
Ezell Blair Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
David Richmond
Joseph McNeil
Franklin McCain

What year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that school districts end racial segregation?
1962
1963
1967
1969 .

Which African American was elected to the NC General Assembly in the twentieth century?
Howard Lee
Benjamin Chavis
Henry E. Frye
Julius Chambers

What year did Vietnam launch the Tet Offensive?
1965
1966
1967
1968

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