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In a way Plessy v Ferguson started the civil rights revolution. It was on of the first actions in which an african american stepped out against equality.
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African American associate justice who served from october 1967 to october 1991. He was a civil rights activist and was afilliated with the NAACP.
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Known Famously for refusing to move from the front of a bus, Rosa Parks is a well known civil rights activist and is known as the "mother of the freedom movement"
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The leader of the civil rights movements and most commonly known acitivst of the present.
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Civil disobedience was the act of obeying certain laws and disobeying unjust or unfair laws as a way of rebellion or search for justice
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on this day of may twelve, the court ruled segregation of schools unconstitutional and paved the way for future civil rights movements.
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Initiated by the Rosa Parks incident, the bus boycott lasted a year and was very succesful and ultimately ended segregation in buses.
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He was the mayor of Arkansas from 1955 to 1967, Orville Faubus was infamous for attempting to block the little rock nine from entering Little Rocks cetral High School.
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Students from around the country formed the SNCC and rallied in the south doing sit ins in whites only restaurants.(they would sit in restuarants until the owner would most likely shut down for the day.)
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He was the 45th governer of Alabama and was for segregation, He attempted to segregate black students multiple times, and was eventually the victim of an attempted murder, which left him paralyzed.
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Once a owner of a restaurant which denied to serve blacks, Lester Maddox was the 75th governer of the state of alabama and later the liutenant governer for JImmy Carter
