THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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THE NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM
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In 2013 a statue of this civil rights icon, appearing as she did on the bus that day in 1955, was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol
Rosa Parks
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In 1958 African-American activist Clennon King was sent to an asylum for trying to register at this state U. in Oxford
University of Mississippi
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In 2013, President Obama unveiled a new statue of this "First Lady of Civil Rights" in Statuary Hall
Rosa Parks
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8 years after Jackie Robinson broke in with the Dodgers, Elston Howard became the first black player on this A.L. rival
the New York Yankees
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The National Civil Rights Museum is built on the site of the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated in this year
1968
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JFK praised this 1963 demonstration that drew about 250,000 participants & culminated at the Lincoln Memorial
the March on Washington
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The Congress of Racial Equality planned these 1961 trips to enforce desegregation of interstate transportation
freedom rides
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This abolitionist & orator who was born into slavery in Maryland is often called the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement"
Frederick Douglass
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This clause in a law signed June 23, 1972 changed women's college athletics forever
Title I.X.
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From 1943 to 1956, Rosa Parks was secretary of her local chapter of this organization
the NAACP
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As chief counsel for the NAACP, this future justice argued Brown V. Board of Education before the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
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In 1828 actor Thomas Rice began playing a blackface character named this, a term later used to describe racist laws
Jim Crow
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I would have loved to interview this civil rights hero & lawyer who helped end segregation in public schools before his historic appointment to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
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In 1997 Violet Palmer took the court as the NBA's first female one of these
referee
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This exhibit recreates the famous series of these protest actions that took place in 1960 in North Carolina
sit-ins
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One of the original "Big Four" civil rights groups, CORE, founded in 1942, stands for the Congress of this
racial equality
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Civil rights activism often includes VRDs, these "Drives" to help people participate in our democracy
voter registration
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This hero of civil rights marches was first elected to represent Georgia's 5th Congressional District in 1986
John Lewis
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Led by this "Big O" of basketball, Crispus Attucks High in 1955 won the USA's first state title for an all-black team
Oscar Robertson
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The Greyhound bus represents these riders who bravely tried to desegregate bus stations in 1961
the Freedom Riders
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Seen here is this numerical group plus their NAACP adviser who integrated Arkansas' Central High School in 1957
the Little Rock Nine
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This discriminatory practice comes from the colorful borders on maps around areas where minorities found it hard to get loans or credit
redlining
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In 2005, the Jackson International Airport was renamed in honor of this leader slain outside his house in 1963
Medgar Evans
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When her family bought this ballclub from the Tribune Co., Laura Ricketts became MLB's first openly gay owner
the Chicago Cubs
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The "Voices of Struggle" Gallery includes this woman, who told her passengers, "You'll be free or die"
Harriet Tubman