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The champion of the poor known as Mother Teresa devoted her entire life to aiding the residents of what city?
Beijing
Dubai
Calcutta
New Delhi
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The champion of African-American civil rights Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous series of letters from a jail in what American city where he defended his nonviolent beliefs?
Birmingham
Nashville
Jacksonville
Raleigh
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Rigoberta Menchu is a woman who has been politically active in the field of human rights in what country?
Bangladesh
Guatemala
Chile
Argentina
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What is the name of the individual who has worked to secure many advancements in human rights from his position as Executive Director of Human Rights Watch which he has held since 2002?
Phillip Wright
Rex Dourif
Scott Guffy
Brad Adams
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The Russian historian and continuous activist for human rights Lyudmila Alexeyeva founded what monumental organization in her homeland?
The Moscow Helsinki Group
The Russian Association of Individual Progression
The Shield of Moscow Organization
The Russian Society for Human Compassion
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What is the name of the man from China who was forced to work in a labor camp until he left for America and founded the Laogai Research Foundation to spread awareness of these Chinese labor camps and those who toil in them?
Marcus Win
Terry Po
Harry Wu
Richard Xiu
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Shirin Ebadi famously fought vehemently for the advancement of human rights in what country?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
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The Declaration of Sentiments by what early American feminist leader is thought to have started the organized American Feminist Movement?
Sojourner Truth
Angela Bursor
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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The Argentinian organization Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is a human rights organization that fights for what cause?
They seek to feed the poor
They want to know what happened to men who were taken by the government
They seek to end genocide in their homeland
They seek to oppose their country's civil war
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Of all the anti-colonial human rights organizations, the first major one is thought to be which organization that showed the atrocities committed by Belgians in their conquest of Africa?
The Nigerian Freedom Core
The Nile Freedom Association
Congo Reform Association
Pan-African Association
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What man founded the ground-breaking organization the Red Cross?
Bert Blackwell
Henry Dunant
Maurice Shea
Patrick McHale
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What was the name of the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. who also made huge contributions to the advancement of human rights?
Marsha Belica King
Macy Flannery King
Angelina King
Coretta Scott King
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Avigdor Feldman is a key human rights figure in the history of what young nation?
Israel
U.S.A.
Germany
Libya
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The Moscow Helsinki Group is responsible for what human rights purpose?
Reporting Russian human rights abuses to other western nations
Searching for information on those who were killed by the U.S.S.R.
Promoting pacifism in Russia's war department
Building affordable housing for the poor in Russia
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Nelson Mandela famously fought against the racial segregation system of Apartheid in what nation?
Chad
Liberia
Nigeria
South Africa
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What Sri Lankan journalist and author gained global attention for showing the world human rights abuses happening in his country but was murdered for his activism in 1990?
Miguel Cerosa
Richard de Zoysa
Damian Cervantes
Will Fisk
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Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese activist who is still in prison for his criticism of the government. What is the name of the vital document that outlined Chinese human rights abuses that Xiaobo helped make?
The Concerns of the Unheard Voices
The Address of the People of China
Charter 08
The Beijing Accord
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What Englishman is famous for being one of the first active public abolitionists and being the first chairman of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade?
Granville Sharp
Benedict Brewer
Mason de Rhine
Ernest Mallery
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Lillian Wald was an American woman who helped found the N.A.A.C.P. and what settlement house to aid the poor?
The Heritage House
The Adams House
The Henry Street Settlement
The Hull House Settlement
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In the nation of Rwanda in 1994, the U.N. acted to end a genocide that broke out in which natives of the Hutu tribe began to murder members of what other tribe?
The Jotu
The Salloro
The Morobi
The Tutsi
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The famous American Feminist leader Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in what city?
Cleveland
Chicago
Rochester
Little Rock
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What is the name of this famous Soviet dissident who was imprisoned and/or exiled for most of his life for speaking out against the U.S.S.R. and the death penalty?
Sergei Kovalev
Dellha Dartok
Ivan Barrow
Rudolph Perins
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Nabeel Rajab is an active human rights campaigner and President of the Centre of Civil Rights in what country?
Bahrain
India
Sri Lanka
Czechoslovakia
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Emilsen Manyoma was an activist of human rights, especially those hurt by the drug trade in Colombia until she was assassinated in what year?
2008
2011
2014
2017
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What is the name of the historic French author who worked to establish democracy in France, worked to abolish the death penalty, and wrote such works as The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Guy de Maupassant
Victor Hugo
Geoffrey Chausser
Raphael Sabbatini
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Edith Dircksey Cowan fought for the rights of women and children in what county?
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Sweden
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Adolfo Perez Esquivel was an Argentinian painter and sculptor who used his work to promote peace and compassion throughout the world. In what year was he even awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts?
1974
1980
1983
1989
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Mahatma Gandhi became a global icon for non-violent resistance to tyranny through his protests against what country's Imperial rule in India?
Belgium
Spain
France
Great Britain
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W.E.B. Du Bois advocated for human rights and anti-colonialism. His efforts are thought to have reached their pinnacle when he created what organization?
C.O.R.E.
A.I.M.
The N.A.A.C.P.
N.O.W.
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Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. worked to promote which of the following economic equality organizations?
The American Socialist Rally
The Economic Equalization Movement
The Economic Opportunity Fund
The Poor People's Campaign
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What human rights activist became the first real woman to be featured on American currency?
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anothony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Coretta Scott King
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Rajini Thiranagama was an activist who fought for the rights of the Tamil people in what country?
India
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Pakistan
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What woman who worked for the advancement of African-Americans and women made the famous speech "Ain't I a Woman"?
Elly Burkhart
Sojourner Truth
Trucy Braxton
Morgan Pierce
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