Road to Civil Rights Reading - iCivics

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This person was a third grader that helped change the laws about school segregation.

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Linda Brown

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This person founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. He supported non-violent ways of protest.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)

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This person supported black independence and self-defense. He disagreed with other civil rights leaders who used non-violent methods.

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Malcom X

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This person was President when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed which prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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This person represented the Brown family in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. He later became the first African-American Justice on the Supreme Court.

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Thurgood Marshall

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Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, and national origin and included discrimination in the workplace, public places, schools, and in voting.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Ended poll taxes so that states and local governments could no longer charge citizens to vote.

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24th Amendment

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Prohibited any restriction on the right to vote which included poll tests and voter intimidation.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Where a large group of protesters took to the street with signs, banners, songs, and chants.

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