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Civil Disobedience
A example is Henry David Thoreau he refused to pay a tax to the Mexican war Def: Purposely breaking a rule or law just because you don't believe in it -
Black codes
they were passed after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. -
14th Amendment
no state can derive a person to life,liberty,or property without due process of law -
Poesy v. Ferguson
A landmark that upheld segregation laws for the public -
Tenant farming
agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management -
CORE
Congress of racial equality a african american civil rights movement -
Jim crow laws
number of law that required racial segregation -
Desegregation
The ending of a policy of racial separation -
Brown v. Board of Education
A law passed getting rid of any segregation in public schools -
Non-violent Protest
Peaceful protest -
Rosa Parks
She was a activist in the civil rights movement who congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "The mother of the freedom movement" -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Orval Faubus
A american politician who was a member of the Little crisis where he orders the Arkansas national guard to prevent any african-americans from enrolling at Central high school,Which was a all white school -
SCLC
The southern christian leadership conference a african american civil rights organization -
Little rock nine
A group of 9 african american students enrolled in little rock high school -
Sit-ins
a form of peaceful protest -
Affirmative Action
A positive action that caused equal employment -
Caesar Chavez
an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. -
Betty Friedan
A leading figure in the woman movement a feminist,writer, and a activist -
March on Washongton
The greatest march in washing to Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "i have a dream" speech a march for jobs and freedom -
U of Alabama integration
When african american students tried to desegregate the university of Alabama the new governor had state troopers blocked the doors -
Lester Maddox
A US politician that served the 75th governor in the stated of Georgia -
George Wallace
American politician and the 45th governor of alabama -
Martin Luther King Jr.
A american baptist minister who became a leader in the civil rights movement and gave one of the worlds most popular speeches the "I have a dream" speech -
Thurgood Marshall
First african-american apart of the supreme court -
Hector P Garcia
A Mexican-American world war 2 veteran civil rights advocate,founder of the american G.I,Also was a physician and surgeon -
Stokely Carmichael
A Trinidadian-American who became a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement and the global Pan-African movement
