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Sweatt v Painter
A US supreme court case that successfully challenged the " separate but equal " doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 -
Brown V Board Of Education
Court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Little Rock Nine
A group of African american students enrolled in little rock central high school in 1957 -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
a federal voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the US Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
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Greensboro Four
Series of nonviolent protest in greensboro, north carolina in 1960 the Greensboro sit-ins were an instrumental action, and also the most well-known sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement -
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24th Amendment
24th Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
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March on Birmingham
A movement organized in early 1916 by the southern christian leader ship conference to bring attention -
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March on Washington
March on Washington was for jobs and freedom. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
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Freedom summer
A volunteer campaign in the united states, Attempt to register as African Americans voters as possible in Mississippi -
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Land mark of civil rights and US labor law in the united states that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
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Affirmative Action
Programs increased the number of minorities in colleges and businesses but some said it was a form of reverse discrimination -
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March On Selma
marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery -
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
was signed by LBJ it ended poll taxes and led to an increase in the number of black voters