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NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Focused on the legal means to end segregation and discrimination
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Encouraged civil disobedience for social change.
Plessy v. Ferguson
In favor of "separate but equal" for different races
Emmett Till
14 year old who was murdered in the South. Spread awareness on the Civil Rights issues in the South.
Freedom Riders
Blacks and Whites together rode buses through the South to try and integrate public facilities.
Civil Disobedience
Peacefully going against something that you disagree with. Followed by both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez
Students
Large influence on the Chicano and African-American Civil Rights Movements
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended racial discrimination in schools and the workplace.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Separate, but equal is no longer acceptable
Little Rock 9
Enforced the integration of public schools
"The time has come for the American Negro to fight back in self-defense"
Malcolm X
"It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community..."
CORE
Freedom Summer of 1964
Goal was to register African American voters in the South
De Facto Segregation
By practice segregation
De Jure Segregation
By law segregation
Black Panthers
Wanted the black community to rise up and be successful for themselves
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Civil Rights Test Review.txt
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Civil Rights Test
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2011-05-10T18:34:09Z
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