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A court case that ended in which segregation was allowed as long as there are separate but equal facilities. This did nothing but enforce more racism .
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Founded to ensure the safety, education, and overall rights of colored people in the 1900s.
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All of these figures progressed the civil rights movement as a whole through the idea of "peace, not war" as well as nonviolent protest.
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A turning point, ending segregation in schools and ruling it as unconstitutional. This also affected the Jim Crow Laws as well.
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First African American associate justice of the Supreme Court and equality promoter, Thurgood's most popular case challenged racial segregation in school and the eradication of it, which he won. (Brown v. Board of Education)
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The death of an overall innocent young black boy visiting the South. The cause of death was race-based homicide by two white men.
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An African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a segregated bus. This event as well as her arrest exhibited peaceful protest.
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A boycott by African Americans +allies to end bus segregation on Montgomery, Alabama. It lasted over a year, African Americans refusing to ride buses and instead walk.Segregation ended after the buses stopped getting enough money to run, making them need more riders again.
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Race-based riots of minority groups or their allies throughout the civil rights movement.
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A group of African American students (known as the "Little Rock Nine") that enrolled in an all-white school in 1957. They needed constant support from military to ensure their safety all school year.
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Beginning in North Carolina, a form of protest where an African American would refuse to leave a restaurant and store even after being denied service.
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African American and white protesters would ride buses through southern states together, promoting the abolition of segregation on buses.
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The significance of this amendment is that it ended the mandatory poll tax on voting, meaning more African Americans could vote.
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The march was a peaceful protest towards segregation. The protesters, met with violence and even fire hoses, got their way in May of 1963 after the authorities began to remove "white only/black only" drinking fountain and restroom signs.
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The march happened in front of the Lincoln Memorial, where protesters peacefully asked for freedom and jobs for African Americans.
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De facto segregation was segregation by facts (such as more African Americans in one area means more in certain schools, by fact)
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This act ended segregation of race, sex or religion in any public area as well as employment segregation.
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Malcolm X was a popular civil rights activist. He was murdered by a few gunshots by his previous religious group. The difference between Malcolm X and other activists was he promoted doing "whatever necessary" instead of peaceful, nonviolent protest.
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A march by African Americans of Selma, Alabama to gain voting rights by walking to the capital. On the way, they were met with brutality from local authorities and vigilante groups.
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Outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as the literary test, making it easier for African Americans to vote.
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An organization meant to protect and defend African Americans in their neighborhoods against violence like police brutality.
