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Henry David Thoreau
he was a american essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian -
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Gandhi
An indian activist in the indian independence movement -
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A. Philip Randolph
a leader in the civil rights movement for labor and political parties -
Plessy v. Ferguson
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Thurgood Marshall
first African American justice -
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NAACP
it's to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic quality of rights of all people -
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Rosa Parks
An activist who stood up for herself when sitting in a whites only area on a bus. -
Race riot
An outbreak of violence between two races -
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Malcolm X
African American Muslim minister and human rights activist -
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
American minister and activist that played a big part in the civil rights movement -
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Emmett Till
African American who was lynched because white woman says she was offended by what he said to her -
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The supreme court announced the end of segregated schools -
De jure vs. De facto segregation
segregation in public schools for a fact vs. the law -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A protest of African Americans refusing to ride on the bus because of how the bus is segregated. -
Little Rock School Integration
A segregated school at first but than became i school that African Americans could attend. -
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The Sit-Ins
When African Americans sat at front counters of restaurants as a protest for equality in restaurants. -
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Freedom riders
Activist who rode buses to the segregated south. -
March on Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham erupted into chaos as African Americans battle for civil rights -
March on Washington
The march on Washington was a march for jobs and freedom -
24th Amendment
having to pay to vote at the poll -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination. -
March from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights
a march to fight to carry out their protest -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
legalizing the right to vote for African American -
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Black Panther party
a political party and an black organization
