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Plessy vs. Ferguson
declared segregation as constitutional -
NAACP
Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination" -
Norris vs. Alabama
African-American defendant is denied due process rights if the jury pool excludes African-Americans. -
CORE
CORE believed that nonviolent civil disobedience could also be used by African-Americans to challenge racial segregation in the United States. -
Sweatt vs. Painter
State law schools must admit qualified African American applicants -
Brown vs. Board of Education
declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks
arrested for not moving to the back of the bus -
SCLC
set out to eliminate segregation and to encourage African Americans to vote