Civil Rights

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Atlanta born Civil Rights activist that believed in non-violent protests; gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally for jobs and freedom.

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March on Washington

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Desegregated all public schools. This was a major court case that involved Linda Brown attending an all-black school when an all-white school was closer to her home.

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Brown vs. the Board of Education

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Enforced racial segregation in the South; all were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period.

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Jim Crow Laws

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The use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change

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nonviolence

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Bringing separate groups together

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integration

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When one group is treated differently than another group

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discrimination

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Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Why was Brown v. Board of Education famous?

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To rule that it is illegal to segregate schools.

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An organization formed in 1960 to coordinate sit-ins and other protests and to give young blacks a larger role in the civil rights movement.

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee