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Question: Who was known as the First Lady of the U.S. civil rights movement? Answer: Coretta Scott King. She helped her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., fight for equal rights for African Americans in the 1950's and 1960's. After his death, she continued to speak out for peace and equality for all people.
9) Levi Strauss
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Describes the life and career of Levi Strauss, a Bavarian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1847 and became a very successful businessman and philanthropist after inventing blue jeans.
12) George Marshall
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Introduces the life of George C. Marshall, Noble Prize winner for "The Marshall Plan", which brought badly needed food and supplies to devasted Europe, who helped the United States become a new world superpower, and built a large, well-trained and equipped military.
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