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Color line is a barrier that separates whites from non whites
Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers break the color line
Robinson took the field in 1947 -
Segregation- Grouping people be group or color
President signs the executive Order - It effects those in the military
Executive Order 9981 ends segregation in the military -
nation of islam means separating blacks and whites. racial groups are known as muslim groups.
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Thrurgood Marshall is the lead attorney for NAACP
Separate schools for blacks and whites are unconstitutional
It was a start for civil rights for all -
disenfranchise means not letting people vote
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jim crow sit in means the counters were reserved for whites only
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Riot lasted 6 days -34 people died , 900 injured, 4000 arrested
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Riot lasted 6 days - 34 killed - 900 injured -4000 arrested
Kerner Commission- Concluded our nation was moving toward a separate nation - one black, one white -
social relations
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discrimination means being disrespectful toward blacks
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Judge order the district to use buses to integrate schools
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Upheld affirmative action by declaring that race could be used as one of the criteria in admissions decisions
