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Civil Rights Movemnet
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NAACP
THis group fought for Brown Vs.Board of Education. -
Committe On Civil Rights
To study racial discrimination and to suggest fedral solutions to the problem -
Thurgood Marshall
Was the attorney who had argued the Sweatt case. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
THe Supreme Court ruled that segragation in public schools was illegel. -
Rosa Parks
An African American seemstress who refussed to give up her seat to a white passenger. -
Montgomery Boycott
An African American boycott of the city bus system. -
The Montfomery Improvment Association
THey chose Martin Luther King Jr. to lead this group. -
Martin Luther King Junior
The leader of the Montgomery Improvement Associatinon in 1955. -
Supreme Court Overuled Montgormety Bus System
The Supreme Court made the Montgomery Bus System was illegel. -
Little Rock NIne
Nine African American students were sent to a central High School to end segragation in schools. -
Elizabeth ECK Ford
Caused President Eisenhower to send fedreal troops to enforce desegragation at central high. -
Ernest Green
The first African American to graduate for a central high school.
