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White primary is when only whites could vote. After the King V. Chapman case, the U.S Supreme Court decided white primary should be illegal
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The U.S Supreme Court ruled that schools must be integrated. This wasn't implemented until the 1960's due to states waiting and stalling as long as possible.
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The flag was changed to represent and rememeber the Civil War. Many people saw the flag as a sign of racism ad protest of Brown V. Board.
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The signifigance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was that the U.S Supreme Court saw segregated schools unconstitutional.
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SCLC was an African American Civil Rights organization which supported non-violent protests.
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SNCC was an organization that gave younger blacks college students voices in the Civil Rights movement. They were a big role in the freedom riders and sit ins.
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The Albany Movement was significant because from Martin Luther King Jr's point of view he thought as the movement as a failure. He did learn valuable lessons that would come into play for him and the SCLC in Birmingham
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington. The March was sucessful and led JKF to pass the Civil Rights Bill.
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The Civil Rights Act ended pul=blic segrigation and offically prohibited discrimination. Eventhough it wasn't perfect it was a great start.
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MLK Jr. was assassinated at the end of the Memphis Sanitation Strike. James Earl Ray was the assassinator.
