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A law that stated segregation was allowed.
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The NAACP was a group that fought for desegregation. The Black Panthers also helped in other ways such as
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Riots carried out by white Americans against African Americans
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An American lawyer serving as Associate justice of the supreme court. He helped with the Brown v. Board case.
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De jure is segregation by law and De facto is segregation by nature.
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The Supreme court found that the racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
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Emmett Till was a teenage African American boy who was killed for allegedly flirting with a white woman.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who protested is a peaceful manner.
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Rosa Parks sparked the Civil Rights movement when she didn't give up her seat to another white passenger.
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African Americans stopped using the buses to protest them.
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When 9 African American students were segregated into an all white school.
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The Black Panther Party was a group that was formed after an unfair number of black young men had been drafted to serve in Vietnam.
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Protests on segregated bus terminals.
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African Americans protesting by sitting in areas where they weren't supposed to be.
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A march to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham.
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MLK gave his memorable I have a dream speech.
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Malcom X was an African American activist who fought for Civil Rights. He also told other African Americans to protect themselves at any cost.
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A law that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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A march to protest the right to vote for African Americans.
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Outlawed Discriminatory voting practices developed in the South.
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Abolished poll taxes
