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What happened: Brown v. Board of Education
black children where denied the right to equal learning
Approximately 250,000 people walked and marched peacefully in Washington D.C. to demand rights for themselves
name a famous person: Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshal, Linda Brown
True or false: Civil Liberties are freedoms protected from government action.
True
describe: what is Due process?
means the government must follow fair procedures and respect legal rights before taking away a person's life, liberty, or property.
what happened: Montgomery Bus Boycott
black residents protested by not using public transport
what happened: Birmingham Baptist Church Bombing
A group of racist terrorists attacked and killed young girls and other people
who was a famous person involved with the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Civil Rights: examples
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown v. Board of Education
Voting Rights Act of 1965
what does the 5th Amendment declare?
protects people from unfair actions by the federal government.
what happened: The Little Rock Nine and Integration
Black students faced mobs which forced the government to protect them
What happened: Civil Rights Act of 1964
A “landmark federal” law that outlawed discrimination
name a famous person: The Civil Right's Act of 1964
Martin Luther King Jr.
True or false: Civil Rights are equal treatment and protection under the law.
True
what protections does the 5th amendment declare?
due process of the law, protection against self-incrimination, protection against double Jeopardy, grand jury requirement for serious crimes (federal), just compensation when private property is taken for public use
what happened: The Greensboro Woolworth's Sit-ins
Black collage students sat at “white seats” to protest
what happened: The Selma to Montgomery Marches
Were marches that marked protest walks for african american voting rights
famous people that were involved in: The Greensboro Sit-ins
The Greensboro Four (Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, David Richmond)
Civil Liberties: examples
freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, right to peacefully assemble, right to petition the government, protection against unreasonable searches
what does the 14th amendment declare?
applies due process protections to the states
what happened: The Freedom Riders
Groups traveled on buses to challenge segregated facilities
what happened: Voting Right's Act
is the act which outlawed discrimination in voting
name the famous person involved in: the Freedom Riders
John Lewis
Describe Civil Rights
everything has to be equal for everyone
what is incorporation?
is the process through which the Supreme Court has applied protections in the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment