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Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of “Separate but Equal”
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(National Association of the Advancement of Colored People) Worked for racial equality during segregation
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(Congress of Racial Equality) founded by James Farmer in Chicago to work against segregation in northern cities
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Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are not fair and ordered all public schools desegregated
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(Southern Christian Leadership Conference) An organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr., to direct against segregation. Used passive resistance, peaceful confrontation.
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(Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
An organization that coordinated sit-ins and other protests and gave younger individuals a larger role in the civil rights movement. -
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation
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The countrywide famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington focused on civil rights
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Outlawed discrimination based on Race, Skin Color, Religion, Gender, or National origin. Also gave federal protection to African American voters which allowed more to vote and participate in the government.