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Brown vs. The State of Topeka, Kansas
This was the case that gave blacks the right to go to school with whites. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
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Brown 2
This ordered school desegration implemented "with all deliberate speed." This was to speed things up. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Rosa Parks
She was a seamstress and an NAACP officer. She took a seat in the front of the "colored" section of a Montgomery bus. As the bus flled up the bus driver told her and 3 others to move to the back of the bus so a white man could sit down. Rosa refused to move. The cops were called and she was arrested. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell -
Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the leader of the bus boycott. King's passionate "I Have A Dream Speech" brought people to their feet and filled the audience with a sense of mission. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell -
Bus Boycott
The Supreme Court outlawed bus segration. Because the bus company wasn't makeing enough money to run the bus company. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Southern Christian Leadership Confrence (SCLC)
The purpose of this was to carry nonviolent crusades against the evils of second class citizenship. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Governor Orval Faubus
He publicly showed support for segregation. He ordered the National Gaurd to turn away the "Little Rock Nine"-- nine African American students who had volunteered to integrate Little Rock Central High School. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Integrating OLE MISS
Air Force Veteran James Meredith was the person involved in a federal court case that allowed him to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Civil Rights Act of 1962
Prohibited discrimination because of a race, religion, national origin, and gender. It gave the rights for everyone to go to any libraries, parks, wash rooms, theaters, and many other public places. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007 -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Congress finally passed Johnson's Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act eliminated the literacy tests that had determined many votes. It also stated that federal examiners could enroll who had been denied sufferage by local officals. CITATION: The Americans.. By: McDougal Littell, 2007
