action
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In the 1970s, he was working at a federal agency, then known as ACTION, when he heard about a transgender woman at the agency who was fired after attempting to use the women’s restroom.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2022
But for ACTION, Black leadership was the only absolute organizational rule: “Black folks had the right to make mistakes for Black people,” Green explained, “rather than to have white people make mistakes for them.”
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021
Later that year, President Jimmy Carter appointed him as the director of ACTION, a federal volunteer agency.
From Fox News • Jul. 18, 2020
President Jimmy Carter appointed Lewis to lead ACTION, a federal volunteer agency, in 1977.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020
ACTION: Girl feels for diary and flashlight under her pillow.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing action
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Common Core Grade 6, List 1
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Common Core Grade 5, List 1
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