Betty Jean Sanders is the birth name of which civil rights figure?

• A. Rosa Parks
• B. Coretta Scott King
• C. Ella Baker
• D. Betty Shabazz

Answer: (D)

This question tests knowledge of civil rights figures’ birth names and how they’re remembered. Betty Shabazz was born Betty Jean Sanders and later became known by the surname Shabazz after marriage, a detail that ties the name Sanders directly to her. The other figures have different birth names: Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, Coretta Scott King was born Coretta Scott, and Ella Baker was born Ella Louise Baker. Since no other birth name matches Betty Jean Sanders, the correct association is Betty Shabazz.