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Important Figures of the Civil Rights Movement
Gaining Rights For Minorities
Civil Rights Legislation
Demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement
Misc. Civil Rights Movement Stuff
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her actions against segregation led to the bus boycott in Montgomery

Who is Rosa Parks


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The March on Washington, in 1963, was to pressure Congress to pass this president's Civil Rights Bill

Who is John F. Kennedy?

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The ruling in this Supreme Court case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
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Peaceful protests often attempting to shame restaurant owners into integrating

What are sit ins?

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This man was a famous preacher who, in his early life, advocated for peace between all races.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

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This person signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

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Term for the group of students that the federal government hesitated to help integrate into Central High School

Who are the Little Rock Nine?

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Gave the federal government new powers to protect African Americans' voting rights
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
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Movement started in Alabama where thousands of African Americans stopped riding buses to protest segregated public transport 

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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Movement which called for African American power and independence
What is the Black Power Movement?
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Nation of Islam leader who argued that integration would never solve African Americans' problems
Who is Malcolm X?
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Founded in 1957 by MLK, Jr. to help prepare African Americans for the struggle for equal rights

What is SCLC?

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Banned segregation in public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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Series of protests in which African American and white bus riders traveled together throughout the south
What are the Freedom Rides?
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This violent group opposed civil rights and tried to harm anyone they saw as "different." They had a secret society that began in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.

What is the KKK?

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An attorney for the NAACP who argued in the Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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Formed to patrol the police and pressure for the expansion of civil rights through armed struggle

What is the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense?

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Led to the expansion of marriage rights

What is Loving v. Virginia?

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Massive civil rights demonstration that was held on August 28, 1963
What is the March on Washington?
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This organization was created by students for students to organize peaceful protests 

What is the SNCC?

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Arkansas governor who blocked African American students from entering Central High School.

Who is Orval Faubus

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At the age of 6, she became the first black elementary school child to attend a white school.

Who is Ruby Bridges?

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Supreme Court ruling in 1896 that established the idea that "separate but equal" is constitutional

What is Plessy v. Ferguson

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The horrific events that took place at this protest in Birmingham led to a nationwide response to end unfair treatment of African Americans

What is Children's Crusade/Double-D Day?

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While MLK, Jr. was incarcerated, he wrote this famous letter.

What is "Letter from a Birmingham jail"?