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This person was the leader of the Southern Baptists and spoke at the March on Washington
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Oregon is the only state to be accepted into the Union with these included on its State Constitution
What are Black Exclusion Laws?
'Separate, but equal' described this American system
What is segregation?
Usually being associated with Rosa Parks, this act of protest was effective in the fight against segregation
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The murder of this man sparked a massive reaction in places like Minneapolis, Portland and others adding to the modern movements of today
Who is George Floyd?
A leader of grape boycotts, this figure created the first farm workers labor union
Who is Cesar Chavez?
This Oregon city had the largest KKK membership of any in the state
What is Portland?
This 1882 law banned immigration from a specific country and would eventually lead to further immigration restrictions from similar locations
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)?
This Supreme Court ruling ended segregation in schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This issue highlights the large number of people in American prisons (often for small, drug-related charges)
What is Mass Incarceration?
A former slave who spoke ardently for women's rights... Ain't she a woman?
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This 1887 event led to the deaths of 34 Chinese gold miners
What is the Massacre at Deep Creek (1887)?
With the creation of the FHA, this policy sought to segregate neighborhoods and exclude minorities from mortgage loans
What is redlining?
Met by Alabama State Troopers, this Alabama-based march was seeking to bring awareness and address voting rights issues
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
This act often describes when an officer uses unauthorized or unnecessary lethal force in the line of duty
What is Police Brutality?
An activist in Oregon during the Progressive Era, she was the writer and publisher of the 'New Northwest'
Who is Abigail Scott Duniway?
This 1886 event involved the Knights of Labor and an attempt to remove all Chinese immigrants from their town
What is the Expulsion of Chinese from Oregon City (1886)?
This movement involved the erecting of statues and the editing and creation of textbooks that were 'Just to the South'
What is the 'Lost Cause'?
This law made the practice of redlining illegal
What is the Fair Housing Act (1968)?
This is the #1 way to establish generational wealth; the gap between white and black families is getting wider in this category
What is Homeownership?
He was the President during the Reconstruction Era
Who is Andrew Johnson?
What is Peter Burnett's Lash Law?
Described in Executive order 9066, the WWII policy treated specific American citizens as criminals and sent them to this place
What are Japanese Internment Camps?
This law prohibits racial discrimination as it regards to voting rights
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1965?
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is an instance in the last 10 years in which an explicit racially-targeting law was passed in America?
Be sure to wager an amount...