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The Supreme Court Ruled in this case that "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional

What is Plessy v. Ferguson

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Nine black students were at first denied the right to enroll at an all-white high school in this Arkansas city
What is Little Rock, AK
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This term means "separation of the races"
What is segregation
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He was the lawyer who presented the Brown case to the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
100
School districts taking all practical steps to eliminate segregation could end busing, according to this Supreme Court Case
What is Oklahoma City Board of Education v. Dowell
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This was the number of justices that voted for the Topeka Board of Education
What is zero
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President John F. Kennedy sent troops and federal marshals to ensure that James Meredith could attend this school
What is the University of Mississippi
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Segregation existed for a long time in transportation, education, ______________, and recreation
What is housing
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He was the Chief Justice who wrote the court opinion in Brown V. Board of Education of Tokepa
Who is Earl Warren
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This section of the country was slow to accept desegregation
What is the South
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When the Supreme Court ordered all public schools to end segregation, over 100 members of this lawmaking body reacted in protest
What is the Congress
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The public schools in this Virginia county once closed to avoid integration
What is Prince Edward County
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This term means "mixing of the races" as in public schools
What is integration
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He used army paratroopers to help integrate Central High School
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
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This organization helps people who face discrimination
What is the NAACP
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This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, thereby rejecting the "separate but equal" doctrine
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Governor George Wallace "stood in the schoolhouse door" to try to prevent the integration of this university
What is the University of Alabama
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The transporting of black and white students to achieve integration within school districts is known by this term
What is busing
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She was denied admission to the school located closest to where she lived.
Who is Linda Brown
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Oliver Brown accused the Board of Education of Topeka of violating the equal protection clause of this amendment
What is the 14th amendment