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a court case where racism was made legal and the saying "separate but equal" was created.
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association created for the rights and advancements of colored people.
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court case that said separate schools for black and whites is unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall
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De facto means a state of affairs that is true in fact, but that is not officially held up. In contrast, de jure means a state of affairs that is in line with law.
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rosa parks didn't give up her seat on a bus for a white man and she got arrested, than martin Luther king Jr started the bus boycott
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in 1955 Emmett till a black 14 year old boy flirted with a cashier in money Mississippi. then later found toutrued and murdered by the girls father and son. they were proved innocent. this sparked the civil rights movement.
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9 black students were put in a all white school. later having to be escorted by police.
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African Americans would sit in restaurants that would not serve black people and wait for service.
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Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, in 1961 and subsequent years, in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia
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a march fighting for jobs and rights of African Americans. Martin Luther king Jr also gave a speech.
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a march used to bring attention too the mistreatment of African Americans in Birmingham.
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ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. this was all able to happen because of the leadership of Martin Luther King jr
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Abolished the poll tax for all federal elections. A poll tax was a tax of anywhere from one to a few dollars that had to be paid annually by each voter in order to be able to cast a vote
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law passed to over come legal barriers on African americans voting rights
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they were three marches from Selma to Montgomery raising awareness of black rights.
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The Black Panther Party's core practice was its armed citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of officers of the Oakland Police Department and challenge police brutality in Oakland, California. it was believed that there ideas came from Malcolm X to protect yourself and others by any means necessary.
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one of the bloodiest riots about the civil rights. took place in Detroit
