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CORE was committed to nonviolent acts and protests towards change. it promoted education and employment opportunities for African Americans.
Key Terms: Civil Rights -
Almost no public facilities allowed Blacks and Whites to mix.
Key Terms: SCLC -
Jackie Robinson broke the color line, the line that separated Whites from Nonwhites when he joined the Dodger's baseball team. Plenty of fans, people, and even his own teammates sometimes loathed playing with a Black teammate.
Key Term: Color Line -
Truman signed the Executive Order 9981, which made desegregation official in the US military. It stated that there was to be equal opportunity to all,, no matter race, ethnicity, color, or religion.
Key Term: segregation -
Brown v. the Board of Education is a series of trials that went on. Thurgood Marshall was NAACP's leading attorney. He argued the case of segregation in schools. giving evidence of how it harmed African American children.
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Key Terms: Sit in, Jim Crow Laws
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Banned segregation on basis of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Key Term: Plessy v. Ferguson
