Question

Why was Dorothy Counts a memorable civil rights activist?

She helped to form the SNCC and was a member of the NAACP.
She was a member of the Wilmington Ten and was arrested for protesting.
She was lead council in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
She enrolled at the all-white Harding High School, despite being violently attacked.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "She enrolled at the all-white Harding High School, despite being violently attacked."

Dorothy Counts enrolled at Harding High School in North Carolina in 1957. At the young age of 15, Counts was a pioneer in attempting to attend a previously all white high school. However, her tenure at the school only lasted a few days, as her parents forced to withdraw from the school out of fear for her life.