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Civil Rights Movement
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Sweatt v Painter
The Supreme Court case that challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation -
Brown v. Board of Education
Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest against the policy of racial segregation of the public buses of Montgomery, Alabama -
Little Rock Nine
Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
a federal voting rights bill -
Greensboro Four
Students walked downtown and sat inside the whites–only lunch counter, refused to leave when denied service and stayed until the store closed. -
Affirmative Action
A provision that the government would have to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated equally during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. -
March on Birmingham
Movement led to bring national attention of the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama -
March on Washington
Civil rights leaders protested racial discrimination and showed support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress -
24th Amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Freedom Summer
A campaign to attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
March on Selma
When about 600 people started a planned march from Selma to Montgomery -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices that was in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a way to voting