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The supreme court case that made segregation legal (white and black are separate but equal)
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a group civil rights organization that helped african americans get civil rights formed in 1909
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leader of peaceful protest in india during the british rule
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a famous civil rights writer and philosopher
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he organized the first african american labor union to try to get equal rights also responsible for ending segregation in the armed forces
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this supreme court case made schools unsegregated and made the plessy vs. Ferguson case obsolete
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a boy who insulted a white woman and was brutally tortured for it
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a muslim african american who was a civil rights activist
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a young woman who refused to get up for a white man on a bus
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led the civil rights movement famous for his i have a dream speech
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One of the first large scale demonstration against segregation n the U.S people didn't ride the buses for 1 year. this demonstration was inspired by Rosa Parks.
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9 black students enrolled in a previously all white school in little rock akansas it was a major land mark for black rights.
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was a peaceful protest were African Americans sat in white only restaurants were usually arrested but eventually made the restaurants change there policy.
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he represented the NAACP and traveled the country getting black activist out of trouble with the law
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the freedom riders were a group of protesters trying to integrate black and white people at bus terminals sparked a revolution and inspired more freedom riders.
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was a peaceful march demonstrating the need for equality during the march martin luther kink said his I have a dream speech.
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was a peaceful march that ended in protesters being beaten and fire hosed when it ended the city agreed to take town white only signs.
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the 24th amendment stated that any citizen of the U.S has the right to vote
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there were many race riots all over the U.S were african americans wanted equal rights
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this was the banning of segregation in public places one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement.
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martin luther king organized a march from selma to montgomery they were met with violence from the state authorities they eventually made it and raised awareness of segregation in the south
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this act was aimed to prevent African Americans from voting denying them there 15th amendment.
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*de jure segregation enforced by the law de facto segregation segregation in result of economic situation.
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a civil rights group that provided food and shelter for needy african americans among other things
