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This even legalized segregation - separate but equal
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Started to end segregation
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lawyer for the NAACP
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Lawyer for NAACP
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1942 this was peaceful protesting in restaurants, or anywhere you could sit down and not leave
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school desegration
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school desegregation crisis in schools
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for one year African Americans stopped riding the buses to make a point
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Bus protest
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Lynched in Mississippi
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first person to refuse to give up her seat to a white person on a bus
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1955 Lynched in Mississippi
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protesting segregation on intra-state bus routes
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wanting to desegregate public facilities
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prohibit diecrimination of race, religion and gender
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Prohibit discrimination of race, religion, and gender
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Eliminated poll tax
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Racial pride- Preacher
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eliminated poll tax for voting
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prohibits discrimination of race religion and gender
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racial pride and a preacher
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MLK 1968 assassinated
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eliminated literacy tests to qualify to vote
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Urban violence
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Segregation by law or by custom
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Urban violence
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protect voting rights
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1965 segregation by law or by customs
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Protect voting rights
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Fight police brutality in the ghetto
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influenced by Gandhi with peaceful leadership, Thoreau for civil disobedience and Randolph for massive demonstrations. Assassinated in 1968
