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Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to the "Double V" campaign, or victory over fascism abroad and racism at home.
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The Supreme Court ruled that seperate but equal was uncostitutional.
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Murdered African American male for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends. Led to the Civil Rights movement.
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After Rosa Parks was arested for not giving up her bus seat it sparked a protest where African Americans refused to use the Montgomery Bus system.
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Organization whose goals was to mobilize the power of black churches on behalf of African American rights.
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Formed by students whose aim was to coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other racism issues.
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A letter where Mlk changed his way of approaching the rights African Americans should have. His views shifted.
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Where Mlk expressed his dreams and goals for African Americans and how they should achieve such dreams.
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Bombing of an African American church by the KKK that killed four girls in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Eliminated the poll tax as a voting requirement.
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Outlawed public segregation and discrimination, forbade racial discrimination within the workplace.
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Assassinated by rival black Muslims.
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King organized a major demonstration in Alabama to press for the right of blacks to register to vote. Selma sheriff led local police in a televised brutal attack on demonstrators.
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Banned literacy tests and sent thousands of federal voting officials to the south to regulate registration.
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Desegregated the military. Put into action by Truman.
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Leader of the SNCC. Coauthored Black Power and the splitting of America into a seperate black and white country.
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Used violence as a way to attempt to gain African American equality.
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Banned discrimination in housing, the segregation of education, and transportation, and employment.Helped African Americans get their full voting rights.
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MLK was shot and killed outside his hotel room in Memphis by James Earl Ray. His death caused a lot of riots to breakout in different cities acros the US.
