Civil Rights Movement

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Who was the main leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High

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Little Rock Nine

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

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?

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Rosa Parks

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The main goal of the freedom riders was to 

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pressure the federal government to enforce the law banning segregation on interstate buses

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What was the major goal of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s?

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to end racial segregation

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Trend of African American voter registration in the map?

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Voter registration increased in the South

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Which Civil Rights leader also became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

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Thurgood Marshall

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Which Amendment guaranteed African Americans the right to vote?

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15th